What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-740 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.90 g
- sun
- 18.8× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-740 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-740 →
host star
4.57 R⊕
radius
18.90 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
3.6 days
orbital period
858°C (1576°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.90 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
3.6 days
one year, in Earth time
18.8× 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 · 4,703 ly away
Jet airliner
5.6 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
7.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
4,703 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
5 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-740 bIce / gas giant
PlanetKepler-564 bsimilar world
SystemKIC 10525077120 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
Kepler-740
5438 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
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 16.0
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-740 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.