What it’s like to stand here
NY Vir b
weight
4.13 g
sun
0.05× as wide
sky
icy blue-white

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

Gas giant

NY Vir b

ESI 0.391,774 lyDiscovered in 2011 by Multiple ObservatoriesDisputed detection

Eclipse Timing Variations: inferred from shifts in the timing of its eclipsing stars.

NY Vir →
host star
13.30 R⊕
radius
731 M⊕
mass · measured
8.7 years
orbital period
65°C (149°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
4.13 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
8.7 years
one year, in Earth time
0.05× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
icy blue-white
midday sky tint
0.2×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 1,774 ly away
Jet airliner
2.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.8 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,774 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthNY Vir b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
NY Vir bGas giant
PlanetNY Vir cGas giant
PlanetNY Vir csimilar world
SystemK2-99180 ly
Sky regionVirgothis direction
Host star
Binary system
NY Vir
32780 K host star · 2 planets
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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
Host-star brightnessmag 13.5
ConstellationVirgo →
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from NY Vir b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.