- weight
- ≈ 0.54 g
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
EPIC 201497682 b
EPIC 201497682 b is a confirmed rocky exoplanet 825 ly from Earth in the constellation Leo, discovered in 2019 by K2.
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Standing on EPIC 201497682 b, you would weigh roughly about 46% less than you do on Earth. Bathing the surface in amber-orange light. A year passes in just 2.1 days.
What these mean: surface gravity · tidal locking · equilibrium temperature
If your children grew up herea playful thought experiment
Lighter than home, at about 0.54 times Earth's gravity. A child raised here would likely grow taller and more slender than their Earth-raised parents, about 1.1x taller than on Earth: a 5 ft 10 in adult could stand nearer 6 ft 7 in.
- Bones
- Light and slender
- With little weight to carry, the growing skeleton lays down far less bone, the way astronauts' bones thin in months of low gravity.
- Movement
- Bounding and springy
- So little weight means each step would carry the body up and forward in long, floating strides.
A playful thought experiment from this world’s gravity, not a prediction about any real person. No human has ever grown up off Earth, so no one truly knows; the direction (taller in low gravity, shorter and stockier in high) follows how growing bodies respond to weight.
Hear how a voice sounds herea computed acoustic demo
Your voice would sound much as it does on Earth.
We do not yet have a temperature for this world, and its atmosphere is unknown, so its acoustics cannot be modelled. In Earth-like air a human voice carries as you know it, and without the temperature that is as far as the physics will take us.
- !Low gravity, about 0.54 times Earth's, would hold only a thin, unbreathable atmosphere at best.
A playful read of EPIC 201497682 b’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.
How long to get there · 825 ly away
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.
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What is the gravity on EPIC 201497682 b?
EPIC 201497682 b's surface gravity is about 0.54 times Earth's, estimated from its size.
How much would you weigh on EPIC 201497682 b?
Someone who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh about 81 pounds on EPIC 201497682 b.
How far is EPIC 201497682 b from Earth?
EPIC 201497682 b lies about 825 light-years from Earth.
How long would it take to get to EPIC 201497682 b?
At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 1.3 million years.
How long is a year on EPIC 201497682 b?
EPIC 201497682 b completes one orbit of its star in 2.1 days.
Illustration generated from EPIC 201497682 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.