- weight
- ≈ 1.10 g
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
KIC 8540376 c
KIC 8540376 c is a confirmed sub-Neptune exoplanet 3,497 ly from Earth in the constellation Lyra, discovered in 2015 by Kepler.
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Standing on KIC 8540376 c, you would weigh roughly about 10% more than you do on Earth. Bathing the surface in bright white light. A year passes in just 75 days.
What these mean: surface gravity · tidal locking · equilibrium temperature
If your children grew up herea playful thought experiment
Gravity close to Earth's, at about 1.1 times. A child would grow up much as they would back home.
A playful thought experiment from this world’s gravity, not a prediction about any real person. No human has ever grown up off Earth, so no one truly knows; the direction (taller in low gravity, shorter and stockier in high) follows how growing bodies respond to weight.
Hear how a voice sounds herea computed acoustic demo
Your voice would sound much as it does on Earth.
We do not yet have a temperature for this world, and its atmosphere is unknown, so its acoustics cannot be modelled. In Earth-like air a human voice carries as you know it, and without the temperature that is as far as the physics will take us.
- Surface gravity is close to Earth's, about 1.10 times, so you would move much as you do here.
A playful read of KIC 8540376 c’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.
How long to get there · 3,497 ly away
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
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What is the gravity on KIC 8540376 c?
KIC 8540376 c's surface gravity is about 1.1 times Earth's, estimated from its size.
How much would you weigh on KIC 8540376 c?
Someone who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh about 165 pounds on KIC 8540376 c.
How far is KIC 8540376 c from Earth?
KIC 8540376 c lies about 3,497 light-years from Earth.
How long would it take to get to KIC 8540376 c?
At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 5.5 million years.
How long is a year on KIC 8540376 c?
KIC 8540376 c completes one orbit of its star in 75 days.
Illustration generated from KIC 8540376 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.