What it’s like to stand here
K2-32 b
weight
0.53 g
sun
10.8× wider
sky
warm white

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

Ice / gas giant

K2-32 b

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

K2-32
host star
5.30 R⊕
radius
15.00 M⊕
mass · measured
9.0 days
orbital period
564°C (1047°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.53 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
9.0 days
one year, in Earth time
10.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.9×
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 · 514 ly away
Jet airliner
617 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
802,090 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
514 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
188 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthK2-32 b is 5.3× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
K2-32
G9 V · 4 planets
Explore →

Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 12.3
ConstellationOphiuchus
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from K2-32 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.