What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1717 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- sun
- 8.1× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-1717 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-1717 →
host star
2.99 R⊕
radius
9.21 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
31 days
orbital period
507°C (944°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.03 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
31 days
one year, in Earth time
8.1× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
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 · 3,290 ly away
Jet airliner
3.9 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,290 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
3 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-1717 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-631 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-113175 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-1717
6200 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-1717 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.