What it’s like to stand here
HD 140901 b
- weight
- ≥ 0.94 g
- sun
- 11.2× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
HD 140901 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 140901 →
host star
4.07 R⊕
radius
15.57 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
9.0 days
orbital period
631°C (1168°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 0.94 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
9.0 days
one year, in Earth time
11.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
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 · 49.7 ly away
Jet airliner
59.7 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
77,587 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
50 years
arrives elderly
Warp 10
18 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HD 140901 bIce / gas giant
PlanetHD 140901 cGas giant
PlanetK2-360 csimilar world
SystemHD 1475139.6 ly
Sky regionLupusthis direction
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
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Illustration generated from HD 140901 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.