What it’s like to stand here
K2-24 b
- weight
- 0.65 g
- sun
- 7.5× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
K2-24 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
What it's like to stand here
0.65 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
21 days
one year, in Earth time
7.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.5×
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 · 556 ly away
Jet airliner
667 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
867,608 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
556 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
203 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from K2-24 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.