What it’s like to stand here
HD 28109 b
weight
0.86 g
sun
10.5× wider
sky
bright white

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

Sub-Neptune

HD 28109 b

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

HD 28109
host star
2.69 R⊕
radius
6.20 M⊕
mass · measured
23 days
orbital period
594°C (1101°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.86 g
your weight (measured mass)
23 days
one year, in Earth time
10.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.2×
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 · 455 ly away
Jet airliner
546 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
710,167 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
455 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
166 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 28109 b is 2.7× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 28109
F8 · 3 planets
Explore →

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 9.4
ConstellationHydrus
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 28109 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.