What it’s like to stand here
TOI-1478 b
weight
1.94 g
sun
12.8× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

TOI-1478 b

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

TOI-1478
host star
11.99 R⊕
radius
280 M⊕
mass · measured
10 days
orbital period
645°C (1193°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.94 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
10 days
one year, in Earth time
12.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm 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 · 499 ly away
Jet airliner
598 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
777,725 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
499 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
182 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthTOI-1478 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
TOI-1478
5597 K host star · 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 10.7
ConstellationPuppis
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from TOI-1478 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.