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Kepler-178 b

Kepler-178 b is a hot large super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star 2,335 ly away. A year there lasts 9.6 days. It was found using the transit method: it dims its star as it passes in front. Planets this size may be wrapped in thick gas; the game imagines it as a solid or water world you can walk on. Note: its mass is estimated from its size.

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EarthKepler-178 b
Gravity10.21 m/s²1.04× Earth estimated
Size2.9× Earthradius measured
Mass8.75× Earthestimated
Temperature≈ 573 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance2,335 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star5,676 Ka Sun-like star
One year9.6 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2014transit

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of Kepler-178 b. The game builds it from the real numbers above: you land on bare, cratered rock with no air.

Pack the right suit. Choose 3 of 6 modules (cooling, heating, pressure hull, extra oxygen, radiation shield, jetpack), complete 3 surveys and get back to the lander before your oxygen runs out.

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Other planets around Kepler-178

Kepler-178 c1.04× EarthKepler-178 d0.95× Earth

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Sizes, masses, temperatures and orbits come from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite table). Values marked estimated are calculated from the other measurements; the surface and air are imagined for the game.