What it’s like to stand here
TOI-261.01
- weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- sun
- 36.4× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
TOI-261.01
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
TOI-261 →
host star
3.04 R⊕
radius
9.51 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
3.4 days
orbital period
1449°C (2641°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.03 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
3.4 days
one year, in Earth time
36.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 373 ly away
Jet airliner
448 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
582,408 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
373 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
136 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
TOI-261
5890 K host star · 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 TOI-261.01's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.