What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-417 b
- weight
- 2.06 g
- sun
- 8.0× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-417 b
Transit Timing Variations: inferred from the gravitational tug it puts on a sibling planet’s transit timing.
What it's like to stand here
2.06 g
your weight (measured mass)
12 days
one year, in Earth time
8.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.5×
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 · 3,177 ly away
Jet airliner
3.8 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.0 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,177 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-417
5177 K host star · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.9
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-417 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.