What it’s like to stand here
HD 62549 b
weight
17.05 g
sun
0.10× as wide
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

HD 62549 b

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

HD 62549
host star
12.60 R⊕
radius
2,708 M⊕
mass · measured
39.2 years
orbital period
-181°C (-294°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
17.05 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
39.2 years
one year, in Earth time
0.10× as wide
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 · 161 ly away
Jet airliner
193 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
250,932 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
161 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
59 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHD 62549 b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HD 62549
5930 K host star · 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 7.7
ConstellationMonoceros
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HD 62549 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.