What it’s like to stand here
HD 100546 b
- weight
- 0.45 g
- sun
- 0.03× as wide
- sky
- icy blue-white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
HD 100546 b
Imaging: photographed directly, as a faint point of light beside its star.
What it's like to stand here
0.45 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
–
one year, in Earth time
0.03× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
icy blue-white
midday sky tint
2.2×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 358 ly away
Jet airliner
429 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
557,900 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
358 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
131 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 100546
B9 Vne · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
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 HD 100546 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.