What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-509 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- sun
- 5.1× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-509 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-509 →
host star
2.49 R⊕
radius
6.76 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
42 days
orbital period
311°C (592°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.09 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
42 days
one year, in Earth time
5.1× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
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 · 1,084 ly away
Jet airliner
1.3 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.7 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,084 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-509 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-289 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-166320 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-509
6060 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-509 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.