What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1656 b
weight
2.28 g
sun
5.6× wider
sky
warm white

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

Ice / gas giant

Kepler-1656 b

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

Kepler-1656
host star
4.57 R⊕
radius
47.80 M⊕
mass · measured
32 days
orbital period
378°C (712°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.28 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
32 days
one year, in Earth time
5.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm 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 · 606 ly away
Jet airliner
727 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
945,501 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
606 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
221 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-1656 b is 4.6× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-1656
5569 K host star · 2 planets
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Sibling worlds in this system

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 11.6
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
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Illustration generated from Kepler-1656 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.