What it’s like to stand here
WASP-2 b
weight
2.02 g
sun
27.4× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Gas giant

WASP-2 b

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

WASP-2
host star
12.12 R⊕
radius
296 M⊕
mass · measured
2.2 days
orbital period
1038°C (1900°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.02 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
2.2 days
one year, in Earth time
27.4× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
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 · 500 ly away
Jet airliner
599 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
779,505 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
500 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
182 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthWASP-2 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
WASP-2
K1 · 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 11.7
ConstellationDelphinus
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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