- weight
- 0.03 g
- sun
- 0.03× as wide
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Charon
Charon is a rocky world in our own solar system in the constellation Pisces.
Standing on Charon, you would weigh about 97% less than you do on Earth. Its yellow dwarf, like our Sun sun looks 0.03× as wide than ours, bathing the surface in warm white light. A year passes in just 248 years, and at an estimated -220°C (-364°F) it is colder than almost anywhere in the solar system.
Charon is in our own solar system. It orbits about 39.48 AU from the Sun, so sunlight reaches it in roughly 328 minutes. But a spacecraft is far slower:
How long to get there with today’s craft
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
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The portrait of Charon is a real photograph (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI, Public domain). The "stand here" scene and the size comparison are computed illustrations, not photographs.