What it’s like to stand here
HD 101581 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.90 g
- sun
- 13.7× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
HD 101581 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
HIP 56998 →
host star
0.96 R⊕
radius
0.83 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
4.5 days
orbital period
561°C (1042°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.90 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
4.5 days
one year, in Earth time
13.7× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.1×
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 · 41.7 ly away
Jet airliner
50.0 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
64,999 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
42 years
arrives elderly
Warp 10
15 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HIP 56998
K4/5V · 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 HD 101581 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.