What it’s like to stand here
OGLE-TR-56 b
weight
1.89 g
sun
55.9× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

OGLE-TR-56 b

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

OGLE-TR-56
host star
15.28 R⊕
radius
442 M⊕
mass · measured
1.2 days
orbital period
1939°C (3522°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.89 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
1.2 days
one year, in Earth time
55.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
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 · 922 ly away
Jet airliner
1.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
922 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
337 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthOGLE-TR-56 b is 15× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
OGLE-TR-56
F8 V · 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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.3
ConstellationSagittarius
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
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Illustration generated from OGLE-TR-56 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.