What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-356 b
weight
≈ 1.25 g
sun
23.3× wider
sky
bright white

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

Rocky world

Kepler-356 b

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

Kepler-356
host star
1.57 R⊕
radius
3.09 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
4.6 days
orbital period
1021°C (1870°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.25 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
4.6 days
one year, in Earth time
23.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.8×
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 · 2,308 ly away
Jet airliner
2.8 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.6 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,308 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-356 b is 1.6× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-356
6133 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
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.1
ConstellationCygnus
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-356 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.