What it’s like to stand here
K2-288 B b
weight
≈ 1.18 g
sun
2.0× wider
sky
deep orange

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

Sub-Neptune · likely temperate

K2-288 B b

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

K2-288 B
host star
1.90 R⊕
radius
4.27 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
31 days
orbital period
-47°C (-52°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.18 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
31 days
one year, in Earth time
2.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
0.8×
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 · 214 ly away
Jet airliner
257 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
333,762 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
214 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
78 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthK2-288 B b is 1.9× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
K2-288 B
M3 V · 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
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.9
ConstellationTaurus
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from K2-288 B b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.