What it’s like to stand here
KELT-20 b
- weight
- 2.82 g
- sun
- 28.7× wider
- sky
- blue-white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
KELT-20 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
KELT-20 →
host star
19.51 R⊕
radius
1,075 M⊕
mass · measured
3.5 days
orbital period
1989°C (3612°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.82 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
3.5 days
one year, in Earth time
28.7× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
blue-white
midday sky tint
0.4×
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 · 445 ly away
Jet airliner
534 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
693,966 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
445 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
162 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
KELT-20
A2 V · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
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
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from KELT-20 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.