What it’s like to stand here
51 Eri b
- sun
- 0.14× as wide
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
51 Eri b
Imaging: photographed directly, as a faint point of light beside its star.
What it's like to stand here
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gravity, needs mass + radius
24.9 years
one year, in Earth time
0.14× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
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jump, needs gravity
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 97.1 ly away
Jet airliner
116 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
151,369 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
97 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
35 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Triple system51 Eri
F0 IV · 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
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from 51 Eri b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.