What it’s like to stand here
HIP 9618 b
weight
0.57 g
sun
6.6× wider
sky
warm white

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

Ice / gas giant

HIP 9618 b

ESI 0.27220 lyDiscovered in 2023 by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

HIP 9618 →
host star
3.83 R⊕
radius
8.30 M⊕
mass · measured
21 days
orbital period
368°C (694°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.57 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
21 days
one year, in Earth time
6.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.8×
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 · 220 ly away
Jet airliner
264 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
343,599 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
220 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
80 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHIP 9618 b is 3.8× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HIP 9618 bIce / gas giant
PlanetHIP 9618 cSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-559 bsimilar world
SystemTOI-531927 ly
Sky regionAriesthis direction
Host star
HIP 9618
5649 K host star · 2 planets
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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 9.2
ConstellationAries →
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HIP 9618 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.