What it’s like to stand here
HD 79498 b
weight
≥ 2.30 g
sun
0.35× as wide
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

HD 79498 b

Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.

HD 79498
host star
13.60 R⊕
radius
426 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
4.9 years
orbital period
-109°C (-164°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 2.30 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
4.9 years
one year, in Earth time
0.35× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm 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 · 160 ly away
Jet airliner
191 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
248,991 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
160 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
58 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 79498 b is 14× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
HD 79498
G5 · 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 8.1
ConstellationCancer
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 79498 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.