What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-553 b
- weight
- 5.16 g
- sun
- 18.9× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-553 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
5.16 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
4.0 days
one year, in Earth time
18.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.2×
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 · 2,376 ly away
Jet airliner
2.8 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.7 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,376 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-553
5191 K host star · 2 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 15.0
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-553 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.