What it’s like to stand here
TrES-2 b
weight
2.04 g
sun
31.2× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

TrES-2 b

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

TrES-2
host star
15.24 R⊕
radius
474 M⊕
mass · measured
2.5 days
orbital period
1193°C (2179°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.04 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
2.5 days
one year, in Earth time
31.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.5×
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 · 702 ly away
Jet airliner
842 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
702 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
256 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthTrES-2 b is 15× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
TrES-2
G0 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 11.3
ConstellationDraco
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from TrES-2 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.