What it’s like to stand here
PDS 70 b
- weight
- 2.11 g
- sun
- 0.06× as wide
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
PDS 70 b
Imaging: photographed directly, as a faint point of light beside its star.
PDS 70 →
host star
21.97 R⊕
radius
1,017 M⊕
mass · measured
119 years
orbital period
1119°C (2046°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.11 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
119 years
one year, in Earth time
0.06× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.5×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 369 ly away
Jet airliner
442 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
575,129 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
369 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
135 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
PDS 70
K7 · 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from PDS 70 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.