What it’s like to stand here
HD 50499 b
- weight
- ≥ 2.85 g
- sun
- 0.35× as wide
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
HD 50499 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 50499 →
host star
13.50 R⊕
radius
520 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
6.7 years
orbital period
-98°C (-145°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 2.85 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
6.7 years
one year, in Earth time
0.35× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.4×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 151 ly away
Jet airliner
181 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
235,438 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
151 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
55 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 50499
G1 V · 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 50499 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.