What it’s like to stand here
HD 216520 b
- weight
- ≥ 1.01 g
- sun
- 3.8× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
HD 216520 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 216520 →
host star
3.18 R⊕
radius
10.26 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
35 days
orbital period
209°C (408°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 1.01 g
your weight (minimum mass only)
35 days
one year, in Earth time
3.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 63.8 ly away
Jet airliner
76.5 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
99,456 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
64 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
23 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 216520
K2 · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
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 216520 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.