Epic exoplanet 63 EP

HD 213885 b

RA 338.9837° · Dec -59.8648° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 7 badges

63 pts · Epic

Epic 68 pts → Anomaly

Denser than iron +18
Lava world +14
Super-Earth +8
Blasted by starlight +8
Multi-planet system +6
Confirmed exoplanet +5
Found by TESS +4

Total score 63

5 more points to reach Anomaly.

Badges

Confirmed exoplanet · +5
Super-Earth · +8
Lava world · +14
Denser than iron · +18
Multi-planet system · +6
Blasted by starlight · +8
Found by TESS · +4

Trivia

What makes it special

Lava world. Its surface is likely an ocean of molten rock.
Heavyweight. Packed denser than solid iron.

Could we get there?

Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 2.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 244.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
At 10% light speed. ≈ 1568 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
Distance. 157 light-years from Earth.

Look-back time

Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1869.

Saying hello

Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 314 years round-trip.

Standing on it

A year here. A full year lasts just 1 Earth days.

By the numbers

Size. About 1.7× the width of Earth.
Volume. About 5.3 Earths could fit inside it.
Mass. About 8.8× the mass of Earth.
Your weight. You'd weigh about 2.9× your Earth weight standing here.
Density. Denser than solid iron.
Temperature. Around 2128 K — hot enough to vaporise iron.

How we found it

Discovery. Found by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) using the transit method.

Cosmic context

Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Properties

density gcc: 9.15
discovery facility: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
discovery method: Transit
dist ly: 156.8429
eccentricity: 0
eq temp k: 2128
insolation: 1882.94
mass earth: 8.83
name: HD 213885 b
orbital period days: 1.008
radius earth: 1.745
sys num planets: 2

About HD 213885 b

HD 213885 b is an epic exoplanet. It lies about 156.8 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 2,128 K, spans roughly 1.75 Earth radii and weighs about 8.83 Earth masses.

Its surface is likely an ocean of molten rock.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, HD 213885 b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why HD 213885 b is an epic exoplanet

HD 213885 b scores 63 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 7 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Super-Earth, Lava world, Denser than iron, Multi-planet system, Blasted by starlight and Found by TESS — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.