What it’s like to stand here
WASP-18 b
- weight
- 16.78 g
- sun
- 63.3× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
WASP-18 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
WASP-18 →
host star
13.90 R⊕
radius
3,242 M⊕
mass · measured
22.6 hours
orbital period
2156°C (3913°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
16.78 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
22.6 hours
one year, in Earth time
63.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.1×
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 · 403 ly away
Jet airliner
483 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
628,128 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
403 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
147 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary systemWASP-18
F6 IV-V · 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
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from WASP-18 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.