What it’s like to stand here
DS Tuc A b
- weight
- 12.72 g
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
DS Tuc A 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
12.72 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
8.1 days
one year, in Earth time
–
sun size, needs orbit
warm white
midday sky tint
0.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
–
rotation unknown
How long to get there · 144 ly away
Jet airliner
172 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
224,134 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
144 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
52 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
DS Tuc A bIce / gas giant
PlanetKepler-63 bsimilar world
SystemHD 21388533 ly
Sky regionTucanathis direction
Host star
Binary systemDS Tuc A
G6 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
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from DS Tuc A b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.