What it’s like to stand here
HD 180902 b
weight
≥ 2.94 g
sun
3.0× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Gas giant

HD 180902 b

Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.

HD 180902
host star
13.50 R⊕
radius
536 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
511 days
orbital period
139°C (283°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 2.94 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
511 days
one year, in Earth time
3.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.3×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 341 ly away
Jet airliner
409 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
531,958 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
341 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
124 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 180902 b is 14× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
HD 180902
K0 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
ConstellationSagittarius
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 180902 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.