What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-138 c
- weight
- 1.01 g
- sun
- 5.9× wider
- sky
- deep orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
Kepler-138 c
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
What it's like to stand here
1.01 g
your weight (measured mass)
14 days
one year, in Earth time
5.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 218 ly away
Jet airliner
262 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
340,113 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
218 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
80 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-138
M1 V · 4 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
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-138 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.