SpazeSub-Neptune, 48 light years away, GJ 1214
GJ 1214 b
Shrouded in such thick haze that even JWST can’t see below it.
- Distance
- 47.8 light years
- Year
- 1.6 days
- Size
- 2.7 × Earth
- Temperature
- 294 °C
- Mass
- 8.4 × Earth
- Found
- 2009, MEarth Project
Can we live on GJ 1214 b?
Air: CO₂, H₂O. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 1.13 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 79 kg there.
Temperature: 294 °C on average.
Clouds: High haze hides everything below.
Atmosphere
- CO₂
- H₂O
- haze
Measured by JWST