What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-363 c
weight
23.25 g
sun
18.7× wider
sky
warm white

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

Rocky world

Kepler-363 c

Kepler-363 c is a confirmed rocky exoplanet 2,487 ly from Earth in the constellation Lyra, discovered in 2014 by Kepler.

ESI 0.122,487 lyDiscovered in 2014 by Kepler

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

Kepler-363
host star
1.69 R⊕
radius
66.40 M⊕
mass · measured
7.5 days
orbital period
781°C (1438°F)
avg temp
Human scale

Standing on Kepler-363 c, you would weigh about 2225% more than you do on Earth. Its yellow, Sun-like star looks 18.7× 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 7.5 days, and at an estimated 781°C (1438°F) it is furnace-hot.

23.25 g
your weight (measured mass)
7.5 days
one year, in Earth time
18.7× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm 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
Calculate your exact weight on Kepler-363 c
Earth Similarity Index0.12#4,884 of 5,788 ranked worlds

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
EARTH HEIGHT≈ 0.60xEARTH-RAISEDRAISED HERE
about 0.60x as tall as on Earth · a 5 ft 10 in adult could stand nearer 3 ft 6 in

Beyond about four times Earth's gravity, a growing child's skeleton could not carry its own weight. A human body simply could not develop here, even sheltered indoors. The shape below is only where the trend points before biology gives out: short, and impossibly dense.

Bones
Thick and dense
More weight to bear forces the skeleton to grow denser and stronger all through childhood.
Heart
Large and powerful
Pushing blood upward against stronger gravity demands a bigger, harder-working heart.

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 781°C (1438°F), sound would travel roughly 91% 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.

sound speed ≈ 651 m/s · 1.91× Earth · assumes Earth-like air

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.

The journey
Cosmic travel advisory
☆☆☆☆
Do not travel
  • !Furnace-hot at around 781°C (1438°F), with no liquid water and no shade anywhere.
  • !Gravity is 23.2 times Earth's, near the limit at which a person can stand or walk at all.
  • !Its star delivers about 376 times the sunlight Earth gets, a blinding, sterilizing glare.
  • !Earth-similarity index 0.12: this world has almost nothing in common with our own.
  • !Likely tidally locked: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night.

A playful read of Kepler-363 c’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.

How long to get there · 2,487 ly away
Jet airliner
3.0 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.9 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,487 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetimeinstant, plus 1 hr of paperwork
1 hour
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-363 c is 1.7× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

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 13.5
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Common questions

What is the gravity on Kepler-363 c?

Kepler-363 c's surface gravity is about 23 times Earth's.

How much would you weigh on Kepler-363 c?

Someone who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh about 3,487 pounds on Kepler-363 c.

How far is Kepler-363 c from Earth?

Kepler-363 c lies about 2,487 light-years from Earth.

How long would it take to get to Kepler-363 c?

At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 3.9 million years.

How hot is Kepler-363 c?

Kepler-363 c's equilibrium temperature, the balance it reaches from its star's light alone before any greenhouse warming, is about 781°C (1438°F).

How long is a year on Kepler-363 c?

Kepler-363 c completes one orbit of its star in 7.5 days.

Illustration generated from Kepler-363 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.