What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-53 d
weight
8.27 g
sun
10.5× wider
sky
warm white

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

Sub-Neptune

Kepler-53 d

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

Kepler-53
host star
2.12 R⊕
radius
37.19 M⊕
mass · measured
9.8 days
orbital period
597°C (1106°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
8.27 g
your weight (measured mass)
9.8 days
one year, in Earth time
10.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.1×
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 · 4,456 ly away
Jet airliner
5.3 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
6.9 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
4,456 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
4 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-53 d is 2.1× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-53
5858 K host star · 3 planets
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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 15.4
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
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Illustration generated from Kepler-53 d's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.