What it’s like to stand here
HIP 8541 b
weight
15.44 g
sun
1.8× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Gas giant · likely temperate

HIP 8541 b

● Near the habitable zone·ESI 0.46506 lyDiscovered in 2016 by Multiple Observatories

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

HIP 8541 →
host star
12.60 R⊕
radius
2,452 M⊕
mass · measured
5.1 years
orbital period
32°C (90°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
15.44 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
5.1 years
one year, in Earth time
1.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 506 ly away
Jet airliner
607 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
789,063 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
506 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
185 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthHIP 8541 b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HIP 8541 bGas giant
PlanetHD 11343 cGas giant
PlanetKepler-56 dsimilar world
SystemWASP-9723 ly
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
Host star
Binary system
HIP 8541
K2 III/IV · 2 planets
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Nearby star systems
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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 7.9
ConstellationEridanus →
To see the host star50 mm binoculars
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from HIP 8541 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.