What it’s like to stand here
KIC 10001893 b
sky
icy blue-white

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

Sub-Neptune

KIC 10001893 b

5,456 lyDiscovered in 2014 by KeplerDisputed detection

Orbital Brightness Modulation: spotted by subtle changes in the system’s brightness as it orbits.

KIC 10001893 →
host star
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radius
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mass · minimum (m·sin i)
5.3 hours
orbital period
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avg temp
What it's like to stand here
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gravity, needs mass + radius
5.3 hours
one year, in Earth time
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sun size, needs orbit
icy blue-white
midday sky tint
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jump, needs gravity
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rotation unknown
How long to get there · 5,456 ly away
Jet airliner
6.5 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
8.5 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
5,456 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
5 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
KIC 10001893 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKIC 10001893 dSub-Neptune
PlanetKIC 10001893 cSub-Neptune
PlanetKIC 10001893 csimilar world
SystemKepler-741140 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
KIC 10001893
27500 K host star · 3 planets
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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 15.8
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from KIC 10001893 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.