What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-453 b
weight
0.42 g
sun
about the same
sky
warm white

Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.

Ice / gas giant · likely temperate

Kepler-453 b

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

Kepler-453
host star
6.20 R⊕
radius
16.00 M⊕
mass · measured
241 days
orbital period
0°C (33°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.42 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
241 days
one year, in Earth time
about the same
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
2.4×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 1,444 ly away
Jet airliner
1.7 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,444 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-453 b is 6.2× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
Kepler-453
5527 K host star · 1 planet
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Sibling worlds in this system

No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.

Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.7
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-453 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.