What it’s like to stand here
WASP-62 b
- weight
- 0.75 g
- sun
- 21.5× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
WASP-62 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
What it's like to stand here
0.75 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
4.4 days
one year, in Earth time
21.5× 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 · 573 ly away
Jet airliner
687 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
893,392 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
573 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
209 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
WASP-62
6230 K host star · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from WASP-62 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.