What it’s like to stand here
K2-165 b
weight
≈ 1.34 g
sky
amber-orange

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

Rocky world

K2-165 b

439 lyDiscovered in 2018 by K2

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

K2-165 →
host star
1.27 R⊕
radius
2.17 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
2.4 days
orbital period
–
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.34 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
2.4 days
one year, in Earth time
–
sun size, needs orbit
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.7×
how high you could jump vs Earth
–
rotation unknown
How long to get there · 439 ly away
Jet airliner
526 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
684,632 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
439 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
160 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthK2-165 b is 1.3× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
K2-165 bRocky world
PlanetK2-165 dSub-Neptune
PlanetK2-165 cRocky world
PlanetK2-268 esimilar world
SystemK2-15330 ly
Sky regionVirgothis direction
Host star
K2-165
5185 K host star · 3 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 11.3
ConstellationVirgo →
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from K2-165 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.