What it’s like to stand here
HIP 41378 b
weight
1.55 g
sun
10.0× wider
sky
bright white

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

Sub-Neptune

HIP 41378 b

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

HIP 41378
host star
2.42 R⊕
radius
9.06 M⊕
mass · measured
16 days
orbital period
698°C (1288°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.55 g
your weight (measured mass)
16 days
one year, in Earth time
10.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.6×
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 · 347 ly away
Jet airliner
416 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
540,666 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
347 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
127 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHIP 41378 b is 2.4× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
HIP 41378
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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 8.9
ConstellationCancer
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HIP 41378 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.