What it’s like to stand here
HAT-P-2 b
- weight
- 25.23 g
- sun
- 20.3× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
HAT-P-2 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
HAT-P-2 →
host star
10.66 R⊕
radius
2,867 M⊕
mass · measured
5.6 days
orbital period
1267°C (2312°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
25.23 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
5.6 days
one year, in Earth time
20.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.0×
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 · 417 ly away
Jet airliner
500 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
649,955 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
417 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
152 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HAT-P-2
F8 · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
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
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from HAT-P-2 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.