What it’s like to stand here

KMT-2020-BLG-0414L b

weight: 1.30 g

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

Rocky world

KMT-2020-BLG-0414L b

KMT-2020-BLG-0414L b is a confirmed rocky exoplanet 3,979 ly from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius, discovered in 2021 by KMTNet.

3,979 lyDiscovered in 2021 by KMTNet

Microlensing: spotted when its gravity briefly magnified the light of a more distant star.

KMT-2020-BLG-0414L →

host star

1.20 R⊕

radius · estimated

1.87 M⊕

mass · microlensing (model-dependent)

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orbital period

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avg temp

Human scale

Standing on KMT-2020-BLG-0414L b, you would weigh about 30% more than you do on Earth.

1.30 g

your weight (measured mass)

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one year, in Earth time

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sun size, needs orbit

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sky color, needs star temp

0.8×

how high you could jump vs Earth

normal

day/night cycle (not tidally locked)

Calculate your exact weight on KMT-2020-BLG-0414L b →

What these mean: surface gravity · tidal locking · equilibrium temperature

If your children grew up herea playful thought experiment

about 0.95x as tall as on Earth · a 5 ft 10 in adult could stand nearer 5 ft 7 in

A little heavier than home, at 1.3 times Earth's gravity. A child raised here would likely grow a little shorter and sturdier than their Earth-raised parents, about 0.95x as tall as on Earth: a 5 ft 10 in adult could stand nearer 5 ft 7 in, with denser bones.

Bones: Thick and dense; More weight to bear forces the skeleton to grow denser and stronger all through childhood.

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.

The journey

Cosmic travel advisory

★★★★☆

Recommended, with reservations