What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-995 b
weight
≈ 1.06 g
sun
4.7× wider
sky
warm white

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

Sub-Neptune

Kepler-995 b

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

Kepler-995
host star
2.70 R⊕
radius
7.75 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
28 days
orbital period
244°C (471°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.06 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
28 days
one year, in Earth time
4.7× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.9×
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 · 1,988 ly away
Jet airliner
2.4 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,988 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-995 b is 2.7× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-995
5206 K host star · 1 planet
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Sibling worlds in this system

No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.

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 15.2
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-995 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.