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Kepler-406 b

Kepler-406 b is a scorching super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star 1,187 ly away. A year there lasts 2.4 days. It was found using the transit method: it dims its star as it passes in front. Note: its mass is estimated from its size.

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EarthKepler-406 b
Gravity12.66 m/s²1.29× Earth estimated
Size1.43× Earthradius measured
Mass2.64× Earthestimated
Temperature≈ 1,029 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance1,187 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star5,538 Ka Sun-like star
One year2.4 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2014transit

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of Kepler-406 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-406

Kepler-406 c0.75× 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.