What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-966 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.94 g
- sun
- 2.6× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-966 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-966 →
host star
4.13 R⊕
radius
16.00 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
100 days
orbital period
118°C (244°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.94 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
100 days
one year, in Earth time
2.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 3,352 ly away
Jet airliner
4.0 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,352 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
3 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-966 bIce / gas giant
PlanetKepler-164 esimilar world
SystemKepler-113180 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-966
5840 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
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 14.7
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-966 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.