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PSR B1257+12 d

PSR B1257+12 d is a frozen water-rich world orbiting a pulsar (the dead core of an exploded star) 1,957 ly away. A year there lasts 98.2 days. It was found using tiny changes in its pulsar's radio pulses. Planets this size may be wrapped in thick gas; the game imagines it as a solid or water world you can walk on. Note: its temperature is unknown, so the game assumes one.

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EarthPSR B1257+12 d
Gravity11.81 m/s²1.2× Earth measured
Size1.8× Earthradius measured
Mass3.9× Earthmeasured
Temperature?unknown: the game assumes about −153 °C
Distance1,957 light-yearsfrom the Sun
Its star?a pulsar (a dead, spinning star)
One year98.2 daystime to orbit its star
Discovered1992pulsar timing

What it would be like in Worldwalk imagined

Nobody has seen the surface of PSR B1257+12 d. The game builds it from the real numbers above: you land on a frozen shell of ice.

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 PSR B1257+12

PSR B1257+12 b0.17× EarthPSR B1257+12 c1.18× 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.