What it’s like to stand here
TOI-1266 d
- weight
- 1.22 g
- sun
- 2.8× wider
- sky
- deep orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune · likely temperate
TOI-1266 d
● Near the habitable zone·ESI 0.80117 lyDiscovered in 2025 by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Transit Timing Variations: inferred from the gravitational tug it puts on a sibling planet’s transit timing.
What it's like to stand here
1.22 g
your weight (measured mass)
33 days
one year, in Earth time
2.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
0.8×
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 · 117 ly away
Jet airliner
141 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
183,183 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
117 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
43 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
TOI-1266
M2 · 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.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from TOI-1266 d's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.