What it’s like to stand here
HD 118203 b
- weight
- 4.17 g
- sun
- 28.4× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
HD 118203 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 118203 →
host star
12.78 R⊕
radius
680 M⊕
mass · measured
6.1 days
orbital period
1088°C (1990°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
4.17 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
6.1 days
one year, in Earth time
28.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.2×
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 · 301 ly away
Jet airliner
361 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
469,299 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
301 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
110 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 118203
K0 IV · 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 118203 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.