What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-47 d
- weight
- 0.38 g
- sun
- 1.3× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant · likely temperate
Kepler-47 d
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
What it's like to stand here
0.38 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
187 days
one year, in Earth time
1.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
2.6×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 3,343 ly away
Jet airliner
4.0 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,343 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
Binary systemKepler-47
5636 K host star · 3 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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.3
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-47 d's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.