What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-906 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.15 g
- sun
- 4.6× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-906 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-906 →
host star
2.11 R⊕
radius
5.10 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
42 days
orbital period
264°C (507°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.15 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
42 days
one year, in Earth time
4.6× 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 · 2,472 ly away
Jet airliner
3.0 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.9 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,472 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
Kepler-906 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-364 csimilar world
SystemKepler-62534 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
Kepler-906
6035 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
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-906 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.