What it’s like to stand here
Ross 508 b
- weight
- ≥ 1.19 g
- sun
- 3.9× wider
- sky
- dim red
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune · likely temperate
Ross 508 b
Radial Velocity: spotted by the gravitational wobble the planet tugs in its star.
Ross 508 →
host star
1.83 R⊕
radius
4.00 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
11 days
orbital period
21°C (69°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 1.19 g
your weight (minimum mass only)
11 days
one year, in Earth time
3.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
dim red
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 · 36.6 ly away
Jet airliner
43.8 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
57,024 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
37 years
arrives elderly
Warp 10
13 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Ross 508 bSub-Neptune
PlanetTOI-7166 bsimilar world
SystemHD 1410047.8 ly
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
Host star
Ross 508
M4.5 V · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
Nearby star systems
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
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
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Ross 508 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.