What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-975 c
- weight
- ≈ 0.70 g
- sun
- 29.2× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
Kepler-975 c
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-975 →
host star
10.69 R⊕
radius
80.20 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
5.1 days
orbital period
895°C (1643°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.70 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
5.1 days
one year, in Earth time
29.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.4×
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 · 1,390 ly away
Jet airliner
1.7 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,390 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
Host star
Kepler-975
4883 K host star · 2 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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 14.6
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-975 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.