What it’s like to stand here
TOI-169 b
weight
1.70 g
sun
36.2× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

TOI-169 b

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

TOI-169
host star
12.17 R⊕
radius
251 M⊕
mass · measured
2.3 days
orbital period
1442°C (2627°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.70 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
2.3 days
one year, in Earth time
36.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm 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 · 1,330 ly away
Jet airliner
1.6 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,330 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthTOI-169 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
TOI-169
G1 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 12.4
ConstellationTucana
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from TOI-169 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.