What it’s like to stand here
UKIRT-2017-BLG-001L b
weight
2.17 g

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

Gas giant

UKIRT-2017-BLG-001L b

Microlensing: spotted when its gravity briefly magnified the light of a more distant star.

UKIRT-2017-BLG-001L
host star
13.70 R⊕
radius · estimated
407 M⊕
mass · microlensing (model-dependent)
orbital period
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.17 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
one year, in Earth time
sun size, needs orbit
sky color, needs star temp
0.5×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 20,548 ly away
Jet airliner
24.6 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
32.0 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
20,548 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
21 years
arrives elderly
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthUKIRT-2017-BLG-001L b is 14× the width of Earth
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Host star
UKIRT-2017-BLG-001L
host star · 1 planet
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Illustration generated from UKIRT-2017-BLG-001L b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.