What it’s like to stand here
HD 88072 b
weight
15.82 g
sun
0.07× as wide
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

HD 88072 b

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

HD 88072
host star
12.60 R⊕
radius
2,512 M⊕
mass · measured
50.8 years
orbital period
-197°C (-323°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
15.82 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
50.8 years
one year, in Earth time
0.07× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 117 ly away
Jet airliner
140 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
182,664 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
117 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
43 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 88072 b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 88072
5785 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 7.5
ConstellationSextans
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 88072 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.