What it’s like to stand here
NGTS-31 b
weight
1.09 g
sun
26.4× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

NGTS-31 b

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

NGTS-31
host star
18.05 R⊕
radius
356 M⊕
mass · measured
4.2 days
orbital period
1137°C (2078°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.09 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
4.2 days
one year, in Earth time
26.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.9×
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 · 1,622 ly away
Jet airliner
1.9 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.5 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,622 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthNGTS-31 b is 18× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
NGTS-31
5710 K host star · 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
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.5
ConstellationColumba
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from NGTS-31 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.