What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-505 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- sun
- 3.7× wider
- sky
- deep orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-505 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-505 →
host star
2.60 R⊕
radius
7.27 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
28 days
orbital period
41°C (106°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.08 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
28 days
one year, in Earth time
3.7× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
0.9×
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 · 924 ly away
Jet airliner
1.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
924 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
337 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-505 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-26 csimilar world
SystemKepler-204.7 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
Kepler-505
3931 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
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 15.6
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-505 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.