What it’s like to stand here
HD 1397 b
weight
1.00 g
sun
21.2× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

HD 1397 b

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

HD 1397
host star
11.50 R⊕
radius
132 M⊕
mass · measured
12 days
orbital period
955°C (1751°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.00 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
12 days
one year, in Earth time
21.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 260 ly away
Jet airliner
311 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
404,754 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
260 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
95 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 1397 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 1397
G5 III/IV · 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
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 7.8
ConstellationTucana
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 1397 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.