What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-987 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.01 g
- sun
- 2.1× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-987 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-987 →
host star
3.26 R⊕
radius
10.70 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
105 days
orbital period
78°C (172°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.01 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
105 days
one year, in Earth time
2.1× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.0×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 2,981 ly away
Jet airliner
3.6 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
4.6 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,981 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-987 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-10 dsimilar world
SystemKepler-156453 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-987
5637 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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.2
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-987 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.