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K2-188 b

K2-188 b is a scorching super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star 1,457 ly away. A year there lasts 1.7 days. It was found using the transit method: it dims its star as it passes in front. Note: its mass is estimated from its size.

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EarthK2-188 b
Gravity12.86 m/s²1.31× Earth estimated
Size1.35× Earthradius measured
Mass2.39× Earthestimated
Temperature≈ 1,419 °Cequilibrium temperature measured
Distance1,457 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star5,977 Ka Sun-like star
One year1.7 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered2018transit

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of K2-188 b. The game builds it from the real numbers above: you land on a molten surface of lava seas.

Pack the right suit. Choose 3 of 6 modules (cooling, heating, pressure hull, extra oxygen, radiation shield, jetpack), complete 3 surveys and get back to the lander before your oxygen runs out.

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Other planets around K2-188

K2-188 c1.05× Earth

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Sizes, masses, temperatures and orbits come from the NASA Exoplanet Archive (Planetary Systems Composite table). Values marked estimated are calculated from the other measurements; the surface and air are imagined for the game.