What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1040 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.15 g
- sun
- 1.4× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-1040 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-1040 →
host star
2.08 R⊕
radius
4.98 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
201 days
orbital period
27°C (80°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.15 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
201 days
one year, in Earth time
1.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.9×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 1,572 ly away
Jet airliner
1.9 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.5 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,572 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-1040 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-1052 csimilar world
SystemKepler-105031 ly
Sky regionDracothis direction
Host star
Kepler-1040
5694 K host star · 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
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-1040 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.