What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-276 b
weight
88.77 g
sun
8.8× wider
sky
bright white

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

Sub-Neptune

Kepler-276 b

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

Kepler-276
host star
2.87 R⊕
radius
731 M⊕
mass · measured
14 days
orbital period
466°C (871°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
88.77 g
your weight (measured mass)
14 days
one year, in Earth time
8.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.0×
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 · 3,734 ly away
Jet airliner
4.5 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.8 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,734 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
4 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-276 b is 2.9× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-276
6105 K host star · 3 planets
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Can you see it tonight? · observe
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.5
ConstellationCygnus
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
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Illustration generated from Kepler-276 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.