Gas giant, 81 light years away, WD 1856+534
WD 1856+534 b
A giant planet that orbits a white dwarf every 34 hours: it survived the death of its star.
- Distance
- 80.7 light years
- Year
- 1.4 days
- Size
- 0.9 × Jupiter
- Temperature
- -110 °C
- Mass
- 13.8 × Jupiter
- Found
- 2020, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Can we live on WD 1856+534 b?
Air: H₂, He. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 40.57 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 2840 kg there.
Temperature: -110 °C on average.
Clouds: A cold giant orbiting the leftover core of a dead star.
Atmosphere
- H₂
- He
Measured by TESS, JWST