What it’s like to stand here
HD 21520 b
weight
2.43 g
sun
6.0× wider
sky
warm white

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

Sub-Neptune

HD 21520 b

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

HD 21520
host star
2.70 R⊕
radius
17.70 M⊕
mass · measured
25 days
orbital period
364°C (687°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.43 g
your weight (measured mass)
25 days
one year, in Earth time
6.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.4×
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 · 258 ly away
Jet airliner
310 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
402,912 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
258 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
94 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 21520 b is 2.7× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 21520
5871 K host star · 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 9.2
ConstellationEridanus
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 21520 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.