What it’s like to stand here
PSR B1257+12 b
- weight
- 0.18 g
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
PSR B1257+12 b
Pulsar Timing: spotted by tiny shifts in the steady beat of its host pulsar.
What it's like to stand here
0.18 g
your weight (measured mass)
25 days
one year, in Earth time
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sun size, needs orbit
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sky color, needs star temp
5.7×
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 · 1,957 ly away
Jet airliner
2.3 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,957 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
PSR B1257+12
host star · 3 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.
Illustration generated from PSR B1257+12 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.