What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-97 c
sky
warm white

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

Sub-Neptune

Kepler-97 c

1,308 lyDiscovered in 2014 by W. M. Keck Observatory

Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.

Kepler-97 →
host star
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radius
344 M⊕
mass · measured
2.2 years
orbital period
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avg temp
What it's like to stand here
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gravity, needs mass + radius
2.2 years
one year, in Earth time
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sun size, needs orbit
warm white
midday sky tint
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jump, needs gravity
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rotation unknown
How long to get there · 1,308 ly away
Jet airliner
1.6 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.0 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,308 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-97 cSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-97 bRocky world
PlanetKepler-93 csimilar world
SystemKepler-136725 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-97
5779 K host star · 2 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
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.0
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-97 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.