What it’s like to stand here
HD 52265 b
weight
≥ 2.05 g
sun
2.5× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

HD 52265 b

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

HD 52265
host star
13.70 R⊕
radius
385 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
119 days
orbital period
132°C (269°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 2.05 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
119 days
one year, in Earth time
2.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.5×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 97.8 ly away
Jet airliner
117 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
152,503 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
98 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
36 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 52265 b is 14× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 52265
G0V · 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 6.3
ConstellationMonoceros
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 52265 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.