What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1053 b
weight
≈ 0.94 g
sun
21.8× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Rocky world

Kepler-1053 b

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

Kepler-1053
host star
0.98 R⊕
radius
0.90 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
2.4 days
orbital period
680°C (1256°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.94 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
2.4 days
one year, in Earth time
21.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.1×
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 · 493 ly away
Jet airliner
591 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
768,757 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
493 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
180 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-1053 b is about the size of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-1053
4529 K host star · 1 planet
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Sibling worlds in this system

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.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.6
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-1053 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.