What it’s like to stand here
WASP-106 b
weight
4.19 g
sun
16.3× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

WASP-106 b

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

WASP-106
host star
12.11 R⊕
radius
613 M⊕
mass · measured
9.3 days
orbital period
867°C (1592°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
4.19 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
9.3 days
one year, in Earth time
16.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.2×
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 · 1,149 ly away
Jet airliner
1.4 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.8 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,149 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthWASP-106 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
WASP-106
F9 D · 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 11.2
ConstellationLeo
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from WASP-106 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.