What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-493 b
- sun
- 34.8× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
Kepler-493 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-493 →
host star
15.13 R⊕
radius
–
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
3.0 days
orbital period
1165°C (2129°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
–
gravity, needs mass + radius
3.0 days
one year, in Earth time
34.8× 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 · 5,694 ly away
Jet airliner
6.8 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
8.9 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
5,694 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
6 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-493 bGas giant
PlanetWASP-194 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-1980120 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-493
6457 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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.3
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-493 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.