What it’s like to stand here
HAT-P-16 b
weight
6.22 g
sun
27.9× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

HAT-P-16 b

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

HAT-P-16
host star
14.68 R⊕
radius
1,342 M⊕
mass · measured
2.8 days
orbital period
1293°C (2359°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
6.22 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
2.8 days
one year, in Earth time
27.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.2×
how high you could jump vs Earth
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other
How long to get there · 739 ly away
Jet airliner
886 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
739 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
270 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHAT-P-16 b is 15× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Triple system
HAT-P-16
F8 · 1 planet
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Sibling worlds in this system

No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.

Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 10.9
ConstellationAndromeda
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HAT-P-16 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.