What it’s like to stand here
AU Mic b
- weight
- 0.39 g
- sun
- 12.3× wider
- sky
- deep orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
AU Mic 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
0.39 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
8.5 days
one year, in Earth time
12.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
2.6×
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 · 31.7 ly away
Jet airliner
38.0 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
49,454 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
32 years
arrives elderly
Warp 10
12 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
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 AU Mic b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.