What it’s like to stand here
HD 74156 b
- weight
- ≥ 2.92 g
- sun
- 5.4× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
HD 74156 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
HD 74156 →
host star
13.50 R⊕
radius
532 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
52 days
orbital period
406°C (764°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 2.92 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · minimum mass only)
52 days
one year, in Earth time
5.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.3×
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 · 188 ly away
Jet airliner
225 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
293,013 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
188 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
69 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
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
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from HD 74156 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.