What it’s like to stand here
WASP-8 b
weight
5.03 g
sun
12.8× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

WASP-8 b

ESI 0.13293 lyDiscovered in 2010 by SuperWASP

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

WASP-8 →
host star
12.67 R⊕
radius
807 M⊕
mass · measured
8.2 days
orbital period
786°C (1447°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
5.03 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
8.2 days
one year, in Earth time
12.8× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm 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 · 293 ly away
Jet airliner
352 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
457,608 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
293 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
107 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthWASP-8 b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
WASP-8 bGas giant
PlanetWASP-8 cGas giant
PlanetHIP 14810 bsimilar world
SystemWASP-2927 ly
Sky regionSculptorthis direction
Host star
Binary system
WASP-8
G8 V · 2 planets
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Nearby star systems
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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 9.8
ConstellationSculptor →
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from WASP-8 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.