What it’s like to stand here
HD 207496 b
weight
1.20 g
sun
12.2× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Sub-Neptune

HD 207496 b

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

HD 207496
host star
2.25 R⊕
radius
6.10 M⊕
mass · measured
6.4 days
orbital period
470°C (878°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.20 g
your weight (measured mass)
6.4 days
one year, in Earth time
12.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.8×
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 · 77.0 ly away
Jet airliner
92.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
120,078 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
77 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
28 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 207496 b is 2.3× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 207496
K2.5 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 8.2
ConstellationOctans
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 207496 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.