What it’s like to stand here
2MASS J22501512+2325342 b
weight
67.33 g
sun
0.00× as wide
sky
deep orange

Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b is a confirmed gas-giant exoplanet 187 ly from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, discovered in 2018 by The 2 (Two) Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS).

Imaging: photographed directly, as a faint point of light beside its star.

2MASS J22501512+2325342
host star
11.90 R⊕
radius
9,535 M⊕
mass · measured
orbital period
1327°C (2420°F)
avg temp
Human scale

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b is a giant ball of gas with no solid surface to stand on; you would simply sink into ever-thicker cloud. Its red dwarf looks 0.00× as wide as ours, bathing the cloud tops in deep orange light. At an estimated 1327°C (2420°F) it is hot enough to melt rock.

67.33 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
one year, in Earth time
0.00× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
0.0×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
Calculate your exact weight on 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b
Earth Similarity Index0.06#5,541 of 5,788 ranked worlds

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
NO GROUND: A DRIFTER, NOT A WALKER

There is no ground here to grow up on, only bottomless sky. A child could never stand, walk, or even fall to a surface, because there isn't one. Under 67.3 times Earth's gravity and pressure that only climbs the deeper you go, anything built for this world would not look human at all: picture something closer to a deep-sea creature than a person, broad and buoyant, drifting through the cloud decks with no need for legs and no floor to land on.

Body plan
Floating, not upright
With no surface and no fixed up or down, a skeleton built for standing would be useless; a drifting, gas-filled body would not.
Build
Broad and pressure-hardened
Pressure rises without limit toward the interior, so anything alive would have to be built like a deep-sea animal, not a land one.

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 a thin, helium-fast squeak.

There is no surface to stand on; this is the sound at the cloud tops, where the air is mostly hydrogen and helium, the lightest gases there are. Sound races through them at about 2,846 metres per second, 8.4 times its Earth speed, flipping a voice into a thin, cartoon-helium squeak. The temperature behind that number is this world's computed equilibrium temperature; its real atmosphere is unknown. The demo plays the shift capped at 1.8x; the real effect would be even stronger.

sound speed ≈ 2846 m/s · 8.36× Earth

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.

The journey
Cosmic travel advisory
☆☆☆☆
Do not travel
  • !At about 1327°C (2420°F), the daytime side glows: metals run liquid and any atmosphere is being torn away.
  • !There is nowhere to land: no ground, no deck, only cloud that thickens into crushing pressure.
  • !Earth-similarity index 0.06: this world has almost nothing in common with our own.

A playful read of 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.

How long to get there · 187 ly away
Jet airliner
224 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
291,120 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
187 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
68 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetimeinstant, plus 1 hr of paperwork
1 hour
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Earth2MASS J22501512+2325342 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

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 14.8
ConstellationPegasus
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Common questions

What is the gravity on 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b?

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b is a gas giant with no solid surface to stand on. At its cloud tops, gravity pulls about 67 times as hard as Earth's.

How far is 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b from Earth?

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b lies about 187 light-years from Earth.

How long would it take to get to 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b?

At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 291,120 years.

How hot is 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b?

2MASS J22501512+2325342 b's equilibrium temperature, the balance it reaches from its star's light alone before any greenhouse warming, is about 1327°C (2420°F).

Illustration generated from 2MASS J22501512+2325342 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.