What it’s like to stand here
Wendelstein-2 b
- weight
- 1.38 g
- sun
- 28.0× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
Wendelstein-2 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Wendelstein-2 →
host star
12.99 R⊕
radius
232 M⊕
mass · measured
1.8 days
orbital period
2197°C (3986°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.38 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
1.8 days
one year, in Earth time
28.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.7×
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 · 1,845 ly away
Jet airliner
2.2 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.9 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,845 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Wendelstein-2 bGas giant
PlanetBD+42 2315 bsimilar world
SystemWASP-176560 ly
Sky regionSagittathis direction
Host star
Wendelstein-2
K6 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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 16.2
ConstellationSagitta →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Wendelstein-2 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.