What it’s like to stand here
WASP-10 b
- weight
- 6.83 g
- sun
- 18.4× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
WASP-10 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
WASP-10 →
host star
12.11 R⊕
radius
1,001 M⊕
mass · measured
3.1 days
orbital period
1097°C (2006°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
6.83 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
3.1 days
one year, in Earth time
18.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.1×
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 · 460 ly away
Jet airliner
551 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
717,223 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
460 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
168 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
WASP-10
K5 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
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from WASP-10 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.