What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-442 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.31 g
- sun
- 1.5× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world · likely temperate
Kepler-442 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-442 →
host star
1.34 R⊕
radius
2.36 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
112 days
orbital period
-32°C (-26°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.31 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
112 days
one year, in Earth time
1.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.8×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 1,194 ly away
Jet airliner
1.4 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.9 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,194 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-442 bRocky world
PlanetKepler-1512 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-189838 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
Kepler-442
4402 K host star · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.3
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-442 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.