What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-50 b
- weight
- 3.04 g
- sun
- 20.5× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-50 b
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
3.04 g
your weight (measured mass)
7.8 days
one year, in Earth time
20.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.3×
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 · 816 ly away
Jet airliner
978 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
816 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
298 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-50
6225 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-50 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.