What it’s like to stand here
LHS 1140 b
- weight
- 1.87 g
- sun
- 2.3× wider
- sky
- dim red
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune · likely temperate
LHS 1140 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
1.87 g
your weight (measured mass)
25 days
one year, in Earth time
2.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
dim red
midday sky tint
0.5×
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 · 48.9 ly away
Jet airliner
58.6 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
76,231 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
49 years
arrives elderly
Warp 10
18 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
LHS 1140
M4.5 V · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from LHS 1140 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.