What it’s like to stand here
HR 858 b
weight
0.88 g
sun
25.6× wider
sky
bright white

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

Sub-Neptune

HR 858 b

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

HR 858
host star
2.00 R⊕
radius
3.55 M⊕
mass · measured
3.6 days
orbital period
1279°C (2334°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.88 g
your weight (measured mass)
3.6 days
one year, in Earth time
25.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.1×
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 · 104 ly away
Jet airliner
125 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
162,593 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
104 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
38 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHR 858 b is 2.0× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
HR 858
F6 V · 3 planets
Explore →

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 6.4
ConstellationFornax
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HR 858 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.