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Kepler-1987 e

Kepler-1987 e is a hot large super-Earth orbiting an orange star 1,943 ly away. A year there lasts 8.7 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-1987 e
Gravity11.58 m/s²1.18× Earth estimated
Size1.92× Earthradius measured
Mass4.35× Earthestimated
Temperature≈ 370 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance1,943 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star4,769 Kan orange dwarf
One year8.7 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2023transit

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of Kepler-1987 e. 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-1987

Kepler-1987 b1.35× EarthKepler-1987 c1.32× EarthKepler-1987 d1.07× Earth

Similar worlds nearby

Kepler-653 b1,943 light-yearsKepler-462 b1,946 light-yearsKepler-191 c1,939 light-yearsKepler-191 d1,939 light-yearsKepler-206 c1,939 light-yearsKepler-1353 b1,935 light-years

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.