Hot Jupiter, 355 light years away, HIP 65426
HIP 65426 b
The first exoplanet ever photographed by JWST, in 2022.
- Distance
- 355 light years
- Year
- 881.8 years
- Size
- 1.5 × Jupiter
- Temperature
- 1,227 °C
- Mass
- 9 × Jupiter
- Found
- 2017, Paranal Observatory
Can we live on HIP 65426 b?
Air: H₂, He. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 10.12 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 709 kg there.
Temperature: 1,227 °C on average.
Clouds: The first exoplanet photographed by JWST.
Atmosphere
- H₂
- He
- H₂O
- CO
Measured by JWST