What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-471 b
sun
28.6× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

Kepler-471 b

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

Kepler-471
host star
14.96 R⊕
radius
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
5.0 days
orbital period
1035°C (1895°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
gravity, needs mass + radius
5.0 days
one year, in Earth time
28.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
jump, needs gravity
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other
How long to get there · 4,075 ly away
Jet airliner
4.9 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
6.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
4,075 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
4 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-471 b is 15× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-471
6733 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 13.8
ConstellationCygnus
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-471 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.