What it’s like to stand here
WASP-18 c
weight
0.75 g
sun
34.8× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

WASP-18 c

ESI 0.06403 lyDiscovered in 2019 by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)Disputed detection

Transit Timing Variations: inferred from the gravitational tug it puts on a sibling planet’s transit timing.

WASP-18 →
host star
8.58 R⊕
radius
55.20 M⊕
mass · measured
2.2 days
orbital period
1556°C (2833°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.75 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
2.2 days
one year, in Earth time
34.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.3×
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
EarthWASP-18 c is 8.6× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
WASP-18 cGas giant
PlanetWASP-18 bGas giant
PlanetTOI-907.01similar world
SystemDMPP-297 ly
Sky regionPhoenixthis direction
Host star
Binary system
WASP-18
F6 IV-V · 2 planets
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Can you see it tonight? · observe
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 9.3
ConstellationPhoenix →
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from WASP-18 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.