What it’s like to stand here
HD 97048 b
weight
4.49 g
sun
0.02× as wide
sky
icy blue-white

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

Gas giant

HD 97048 b

Disk Kinematics: inferred from the way it stirs the gas in its star’s disk.

HD 97048
host star
13.30 R⊕
radius
795 M⊕
mass · measured
orbital period
-210°C (-345°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
4.49 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
one year, in Earth time
0.02× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
icy blue-white
midday sky tint
0.2×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 600 ly away
Jet airliner
719 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
935,236 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
600 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
219 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 97048 b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 97048
Be9.5/AO · 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 8.4
ConstellationChamaeleon
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 97048 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.