What it’s like to stand here
b Cen AB b
- weight
- 22.53 g
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
b Cen AB b
Imaging: photographed directly, as a faint point of light beside its star.
What it's like to stand here
22.53 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
4,901 years
one year, in Earth time
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sun size, needs orbit
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sky color, needs star temp
0.0×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 320 ly away
Jet airliner
384 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
498,978 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
320 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
117 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary systemb Cen A
B2.5 V · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
Nearby star systems
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from b Cen AB b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.