What it’s like to stand here
HAT-P-55 b
weight
0.86 g
sun
23.8× wider
sky
warm white

Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.

Gas giant

HAT-P-55 b

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

HAT-P-55
host star
14.84 R⊕
radius
189 M⊕
mass · measured
3.6 days
orbital period
1094°C (2001°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.86 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
3.6 days
one year, in Earth time
23.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.2×
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 · 1,668 ly away
Jet airliner
2.0 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.6 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,668 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHAT-P-55 b is 15× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HAT-P-55
5804 K host star · 1 planet
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Sibling worlds in this system

No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.

Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.2
ConstellationHercules
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HAT-P-55 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.