What it’s like to stand here
HD 48265 b
weight
14.81 g
sun
about the same
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant · likely temperate

HD 48265 b

● Near the habitable zone·ESI 0.49295 lyDiscovered in 2008 by Las Campanas Observatory

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

HD 48265 →
host star
12.60 R⊕
radius
2,352 M⊕
mass · measured
2.1 years
orbital period
10°C (50°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
14.81 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
2.1 years
one year, in Earth time
about the same
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 295 ly away
Jet airliner
354 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
460,578 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
295 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
108 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 48265 b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HD 48265 bGas giant
PlanetHD 48265 cGas giant
PlanetHD 137496 csimilar world
SystemHD 5569670 ly
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
Host star
HD 48265
G5 IV/V · 2 planets
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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 8.1
ConstellationPuppis →
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 48265 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.