- weight
- 0.80 g
- sun
- 9.4× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
KOI-142 b
KOI-142 b is a confirmed sub-Neptune exoplanet 1,229 ly from Earth in the constellation Lyra, discovered in 2013 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 KOI-142 b, you would weigh about 20% less than you do on Earth. Its yellow, Sun-like star looks 9.4× wider than ours, bathing the surface in warm white light. It is likely tidally locked, so that sun never moves in the sky: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night. A year passes in just 11 days, and at an estimated 485°C (905°F) it is furnace-hot.
How closely this world matches Earth in size and warmth, from 0 to 1 (Earth = 1.0). Computed by gravityfinder. See every world ranked →
What these mean: surface gravity · tidal locking · equilibrium temperature · Earth similarity
If your children grew up herea playful thought experiment
Gravity close to Earth's, at 0.80 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 high and thin, almost cartoonish.
Assuming Earth-like air at this world's temperature of about 485°C (905°F), sound would travel roughly 62% faster than on Earth, so your voice would sound high and thin, almost cartoonish. The real atmosphere is unknown, so this is a best guess.
A real voice sample, pitch-shifted (tempo held constant) to suggest the acoustics: a playful approximation, not a precise simulation. Voice: Lingua Libre / Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- !Furnace-hot at around 485°C (905°F), with no liquid water and no shade anywhere.
- Surface gravity is close to Earth's, 0.80 times, so you would move much as you do here.
- !Its star delivers about 69 times the sunlight Earth gets, a blinding, sterilizing glare.
- !Likely tidally locked: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night.
A playful read of KOI-142 b’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.
How long to get there · 1,229 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 KOI-142 b?
KOI-142 b's surface gravity is about 0.80 times Earth's.
How much would you weigh on KOI-142 b?
Someone who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh about 121 pounds on KOI-142 b.
How far is KOI-142 b from Earth?
KOI-142 b lies about 1,229 light-years from Earth.
How long would it take to get to KOI-142 b?
At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 1.9 million years.
How hot is KOI-142 b?
KOI-142 b's equilibrium temperature, the balance it reaches from its star's light alone before any greenhouse warming, is about 485°C (905°F).
How long is a year on KOI-142 b?
KOI-142 b completes one orbit of its star in 11 days.
Illustration generated from KOI-142 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.