What it’s like to stand here
WASP-38 b
weight
5.75 g
sun
20.1× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

WASP-38 b

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

WASP-38
host star
13.79 R⊕
radius
1,093 M⊕
mass · measured
6.9 days
orbital period
977°C (1790°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
5.75 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
6.9 days
one year, in Earth time
20.1× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.2×
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 · 444 ly away
Jet airliner
533 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
693,020 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
444 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
162 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthWASP-38 b is 14× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
WASP-38
F8 V · 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
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 9.4
ConstellationHercules
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from WASP-38 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.