What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-49 d
sun
18.0× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Rocky world

Kepler-49 d

Kepler-49 d is a confirmed rocky exoplanet 1,015 ly from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, discovered in 2014 by Kepler.

ESI 0.231,015 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 (what that means).

Kepler-49 →
host star
1.60 R⊕
radius
236 M⊕
mass · measured
2.6 days
orbital period
444°C (831°F)
avg temp
Human scale

Its orange dwarf looks 18.0× wider than ours, bathing the surface in amber-orange 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 2.6 days, and at an estimated 444°C (831°F) it is furnace-hot.

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your weight, not stated
EXCLUDED
2.6 days
one year, in Earth time
CALCULATED
18.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
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jump, needs gravity
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other

Catalog values (NASA Exoplanet Archive): mass 236 M⊕, radius 1.60 R⊕. Its catalog mass and radius imply a density of 317.4 g/cm³, denser than compressed iron, so they cannot both be right, and gravityfinder does not use Kepler-49 d in gravity rankings or weight calculations.

Earth Similarity Index0.23CALCULATED#3,599 of 5,873 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

Hear how a voice sounds herea computed acoustic demoEXPERIMENTAL · just for fun

Your voice would sound high and thin, almost cartoonish.

Assuming Earth-like air at this world's temperature of about 444°C (831°F), sound would travel roughly 58% 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 ≈ 537 m/s · 1.58× 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 444°C (831°F), with no liquid water and no shade anywhere.
  • !Its star delivers about 64 times the sunlight Earth gets, a blinding, sterilizing glare.
  • !Likely tidally locked: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night.

A playful read of Kepler-49 d’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.

How long to get there · 1,015 ly awayCALCULATED
Jet airliner
1.2 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.6 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,015 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 year
arrives, just older
Folding spacetimeinstant, plus 1 hr of paperwork
1 hour
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-49 d is 1.6× 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
LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.7
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Common questions

How far is Kepler-49 d from Earth?

Kepler-49 d lies about 1,015 light-years from Earth.

How long would it take to get to Kepler-49 d?

At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 1.6 million years.

How hot is Kepler-49 d?

Kepler-49 d's equilibrium temperature, the balance it reaches from its star's light alone before any greenhouse warming, is about 444°C (831°F).

How long is a year on Kepler-49 d?

Kepler-49 d completes one orbit of its star in 2.6 days.

Illustration generated from Kepler-49 d's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.