What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-68 b
- weight
- 1.45 g
- sun
- 20.4× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-68 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-68 →
host star
2.36 R⊕
radius
8.03 M⊕
mass · measured
5.4 days
orbital period
1002°C (1835°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.45 g
your weight (measured mass)
5.4 days
one year, in Earth time
20.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.7×
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 · 470 ly away
Jet airliner
564 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
733,338 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
470 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
172 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary systemKepler-68
5847 K host star · 4 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-68 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.