What it’s like to stand here
LkCa 15 c
- sun
- 0.09× as wide
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
LkCa 15 c
Imaging: photographed directly, as a faint point of light beside its star.
What it's like to stand here
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gravity, needs mass + radius
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one year, in Earth time
0.09× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
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jump, needs gravity
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rotation unknown
How long to get there · 516 ly away
Jet airliner
619 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
804,481 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
516 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
188 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
LkCa 15
4194 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from LkCa 15 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.