What it’s like to stand here
HD 51608 b
- weight
- ≥ 0.97 g
- sun
- 8.6× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
HD 51608 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 51608 →
host star
3.62 R⊕
radius
12.77 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
14 days
orbital period
487°C (908°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 0.97 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
14 days
one year, in Earth time
8.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
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 · 114 ly away
Jet airliner
137 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
178,318 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
114 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
42 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
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 51608 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.