What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-489 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.77 g
- sun
- 6.3× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-489 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-489 →
host star
7.72 R⊕
radius
46.10 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
17 days
orbital period
265°C (509°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.77 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
17 days
one year, in Earth time
6.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.3×
how high you could jump vs Earth
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other
How long to get there · 1,206 ly away
Jet airliner
1.4 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.9 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,206 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-489 bIce / gas giant
PlanetHD 177830 csimilar world
SystemKepler-141015 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
Kepler-489
5014 K host star · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
Nearby star systems
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
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
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-489 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.