What it’s like to stand here
HD 12661 c
- weight
- 5.16 g
- sun
- 0.39× as wide
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
HD 12661 c
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
What it's like to stand here
5.16 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
4.7 years
one year, in Earth time
0.39× as wide
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.2×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 123 ly away
Jet airliner
148 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
192,523 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
123 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
45 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 12661
K0 · 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 12661 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.