- weight
- 2.69 g
- sun
- 66.9× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
WASP-47 e
WASP-47 e is a confirmed sub-Neptune exoplanet 864 ly from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, discovered in 2015 by K2.
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Standing on WASP-47 e, you would weigh about 169% more than you do on Earth. Its yellow, Sun-like star looks 66.9× wider than ours, bathing the surface in warm white light. It is likely tidally locked, so that sun never moves in the sky: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night. A year passes in just 19.0 hours, and at an estimated 1719°C (3126°F) it is hot enough to melt rock.
How closely this world matches Earth in size and warmth, from 0 to 1 (Earth = 1.0). Computed by gravityfinder. See every world ranked →
What these mean: surface gravity · tidal locking · equilibrium temperature · Earth similarity
If your children grew up herea playful thought experiment
Heavier than home, at 2.7 times Earth's gravity. A child would end up markedly shorter and powerfully built, about 0.82x as tall as on Earth: a 5 ft 10 in adult could stand nearer 4 ft 10 in. Bones, muscle, and heart would all grow heavier just to stand and move.
- Bones
- Thick and dense
- More weight to bear forces the skeleton to grow denser and stronger all through childhood.
- Heart
- Large and powerful
- Pushing blood upward against stronger gravity demands a bigger, harder-working heart.
- Movement
- Low and deliberate
- A fall under this gravity lands hard, so movement stays slow, planted, and careful.
A playful thought experiment from this world’s gravity, not a prediction about any real person. No human has ever grown up off Earth, so no one truly knows; the direction (taller in low gravity, shorter and stockier in high) follows how growing bodies respond to weight.
Hear how a voice sounds herea computed acoustic demo
Your voice would sound high and thin, almost cartoonish.
Assuming Earth-like air at this world's temperature of about 1719°C (3126°F), sound would travel roughly 163% faster than on Earth, so your voice would sound high and thin, almost cartoonish. The real atmosphere is unknown, so this is a best guess.
A real voice sample, pitch-shifted (tempo held constant) to suggest the acoustics: a playful approximation, not a precise simulation. Voice: Lingua Libre / Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- !At about 1719°C (3126°F), the daytime side glows: metals run liquid and any atmosphere is being torn away.
- !Gravity is 2.7 times Earth's, so every movement is a strain and a fall could be fatal.
- !Its star delivers about 3,740 times the sunlight Earth gets, a blinding, sterilizing glare.
- !Earth-similarity index 0.11: this world has almost nothing in common with our own.
- !Likely tidally locked: one hemisphere in endless day, the other in permanent night.
A playful read of WASP-47 e’s measured and computed values, not a real advisory.
How long to get there · 864 ly away
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
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What is the gravity on WASP-47 e?
WASP-47 e's surface gravity is about 2.7 times Earth's.
How much would you weigh on WASP-47 e?
Someone who weighs 150 pounds on Earth would weigh about 403 pounds on WASP-47 e.
How far is WASP-47 e from Earth?
WASP-47 e lies about 864 light-years from Earth.
How long would it take to get to WASP-47 e?
At the speed of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the fastest craft ever built, the journey would take about 1.3 million years.
How hot is WASP-47 e?
WASP-47 e's equilibrium temperature, the balance it reaches from its star's light alone before any greenhouse warming, is about 1719°C (3126°F).
How long is a year on WASP-47 e?
WASP-47 e completes one orbit of its star in 19.0 hours.
Illustration generated from WASP-47 e's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.