- weight
- 1.73 g
- sun
- 24.7× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Kepler-18 b
Kepler-18 b is a confirmed sub-Neptune exoplanet 1,412 ly from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, discovered in 2011 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-18 b, you would weigh about 73% more than you do on Earth. Its yellow, Sun-like star looks 24.7× 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 3.5 days, and at an estimated 892°C (1637°F) it is furnace-hot.
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
A little heavier than home, at 1.7 times Earth's gravity. A child raised here would likely grow a little shorter and sturdier than their Earth-raised parents, about 0.90x as tall as on Earth: a 5 ft 10 in adult could stand nearer 5 ft 3 in, with denser bones.
- Bones
- Thick and dense
- More weight to bear forces the skeleton to grow denser and stronger all through childhood.
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 high and thin, almost cartoonish.
Assuming Earth-like air at this world's temperature of about 892°C (1637°F), sound would travel roughly 101% faster than on Earth, so your voice would sound high and thin, almost cartoonish. 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.
- !Furnace-hot at around 892°C (1637°F), with no liquid water and no shade anywhere.
- !Noticeably heavy, 1.7 times Earth's gravity.
- !Its star delivers about 356 times the sunlight Earth gets, a blinding, sterilizing glare.
- !Likely tidally locked: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night.
A playful read of Kepler-18 b’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.
How long to get there · 1,412 ly away
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
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What is the gravity on Kepler-18 b?
Kepler-18 b's surface gravity is about 1.7 times Earth's.
How much would you weigh on Kepler-18 b?
Someone who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh about 259 pounds on Kepler-18 b.
How far is Kepler-18 b from Earth?
Kepler-18 b lies about 1,412 light-years from Earth.
How long would it take to get to Kepler-18 b?
At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 2.2 million years.
How hot is Kepler-18 b?
Kepler-18 b's equilibrium temperature, the balance it reaches from its star's light alone before any greenhouse warming, is about 892°C (1637°F).
How long is a year on Kepler-18 b?
Kepler-18 b completes one orbit of its star in 3.5 days.
Illustration generated from Kepler-18 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.