What it’s like to stand here
KOI-4978 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.55 g
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
KOI-4978 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
KOI-4978 →
host star
0.70 R⊕
radius
0.27 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
22.6 hours
orbital period
–
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.55 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
22.6 hours
one year, in Earth time
–
sun size, needs orbit
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.8×
how high you could jump vs Earth
–
rotation unknown
How long to get there · 3,054 ly away
Jet airliner
3.7 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
4.8 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,054 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
KOI-4978 bRocky world
PlanetEPIC 201497682 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-77022 ly
Sky regionLyrathis direction
Host star
KOI-4978
G · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
Nearby star systems
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 15.6
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from KOI-4978 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.