What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-647 c
weight
≈ 0.94 g
sun
8.4× wider
sky
bright white

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

Ice / gas giant

Kepler-647 c

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

Kepler-647
host star
4.00 R⊕
radius
15.10 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
30 days
orbital period
371°C (700°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.94 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
30 days
one year, in Earth time
8.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.1×
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 · 3,548 ly away
Jet airliner
4.3 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.5 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,548 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
4 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-647 c is 4.0× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-647
6020 K host star · 2 planets
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Sibling worlds in this system

Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 14.1
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-647 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.