What it’s like to stand here
HD 17156 b
- weight
- 6.89 g
- sun
- 9.3× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
HD 17156 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
What it's like to stand here
6.89 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
21 days
one year, in Earth time
9.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.1×
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 · 255 ly away
Jet airliner
305 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
397,206 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
255 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
93 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 17156
G5 · 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 17156 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.