What it’s like to stand here
HD 135872 b
- weight
- 10.65 g
- sun
- about the same
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant · likely temperate
HD 135872 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 135872 →
host star
12.80 R⊕
radius
1,745 M⊕
mass · measured
6.6 years
orbital period
-40°C (-39°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
10.65 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
6.6 years
one year, in Earth time
about the same
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 269 ly away
Jet airliner
322 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
419,277 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
269 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
98 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 135872
4992 K host star · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
Nearby star systems
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from HD 135872 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.