What it’s like to stand here
HD 16417 b
- weight
- ≥ 0.88 g
- sun
- 11.7× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
HD 16417 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 16417 →
host star
5.00 R⊕
radius
22.10 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
17 days
orbital period
691°C (1276°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 0.88 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
17 days
one year, in Earth time
11.7× 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 · 82.8 ly away
Jet airliner
99.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
129,171 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
83 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
30 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HD 16417 bIce / gas giant
PlanetHD 74698 bsimilar world
SystemHIP 1296117 ly
Sky regionFornaxthis direction
Host star
Binary systemHD 16417
G1 V · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
Nearby star systems
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from HD 16417 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.