What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-495 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.87 g
- sun
- 19.4× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-495 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-495 →
host star
5.23 R⊕
radius
23.80 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
3.4 days
orbital period
927°C (1700°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.87 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
3.4 days
one year, in Earth time
19.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.1×
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 · 2,149 ly away
Jet airliner
2.6 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,149 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-495 bIce / gas giant
PlanetKepler-495 cRocky world
PlanetTOI-3862 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-177520 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
Kepler-495
5392 K host star · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
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 14.9
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-495 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.