- weight
- 0.25 g
- sun
- 3.2× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Kepler-176 e
Kepler-176 e is a confirmed rocky exoplanet 1,720 ly from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, discovered in 2016 by Kepler.
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Standing on Kepler-176 e, you would weigh about 75% less than you do on Earth. Its yellow, Sun-like star looks 3.2× wider than ours, bathing the surface in warm white light. It is likely tidally locked, so that sun never moves in the sky: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night. A year passes in just 51 days, and at an estimated 125°C (257°F) it is warm.
How closely this world matches Earth in size and warmth, from 0 to 1 (Earth = 1.0). Computed by gravityfinder. See every world ranked →
What these mean: surface gravity · tidal locking · equilibrium temperature · Earth similarity
If your children grew up herea playful thought experiment
Low gravity, 0.25 times Earth's. A child who grew up here could become strikingly tall and lightly built, about 1.3x taller than on Earth: a 5 ft 10 in adult could stand nearer 7 ft 9 in, with long limbs and slender bones.
- Bones
- Light and slender
- With little weight to carry, the growing skeleton lays down far less bone, the way astronauts' bones thin in months of low gravity.
- Heart
- Unhurried
- With less weight pulling blood down toward the feet, the heart has far less work to do.
- Movement
- Bounding and springy
- So little weight means each step would carry the body up and forward in long, floating strides.
A playful thought experiment from this world’s gravity, not a prediction about any real person. No human has ever grown up off Earth, so no one truly knows; the direction (taller in low gravity, shorter and stockier in high) follows how growing bodies respond to weight.
Hear how a voice sounds herea computed acoustic demo
Your voice would sound noticeably higher and reedier.
Assuming Earth-like air at this world's temperature of about 125°C (257°F), sound would travel roughly 18% faster than on Earth, so your voice would sound noticeably higher and reedier. The real atmosphere is unknown, so this is a best guess.
A real voice sample, pitch-shifted (tempo held constant) to suggest the acoustics: a playful approximation, not a precise simulation. Voice: Lingua Libre / Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- !Persistently hot at around 125°C (257°F), well above anything you would call comfortable.
- !Far too little gravity, 0.25 times Earth's, to hold a breathable atmosphere: effectively an airless vacuum.
- !Likely tidally locked: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night.
A playful read of Kepler-176 e’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.
How long to get there · 1,720 ly away
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What is the gravity on Kepler-176 e?
Kepler-176 e's surface gravity is about 0.25 times Earth's.
How much would you weigh on Kepler-176 e?
Someone who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh about 37 pounds on Kepler-176 e.
How far is Kepler-176 e from Earth?
Kepler-176 e lies about 1,720 light-years from Earth.
How long would it take to get to Kepler-176 e?
At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 2.7 million years.
How hot is Kepler-176 e?
Kepler-176 e's equilibrium temperature, the balance it reaches from its star's light alone before any greenhouse warming, is about 125°C (257°F).
How long is a year on Kepler-176 e?
Kepler-176 e completes one orbit of its star in 51 days.
Illustration generated from Kepler-176 e's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.