What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-387 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.02 g
- sun
- 15.4× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
Kepler-387 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-387 →
host star
1.03 R⊕
radius
1.08 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
6.8 days
orbital period
721°C (1330°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.02 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
6.8 days
one year, in Earth time
15.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 2,613 ly away
Jet airliner
3.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
4.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,613 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
3 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-387
5774 K host star · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
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
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-387 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.