What it’s like to stand here
HD 16905 b
weight
23.36 g
sun
0.09× as wide
sky
amber-orange

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

Gas giant

HD 16905 b

Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.

HD 16905
host star
12.40 R⊕
radius
3,591 M⊕
mass · measured
28.1 years
orbital period
-204°C (-334°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
23.36 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
28.1 years
one year, in Earth time
0.09× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.0×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 130 ly away
Jet airliner
155 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
202,148 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
130 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
47 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 16905 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 16905
K3 V · 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
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 9.4
ConstellationHorologium
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 16905 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.