Artist impression. No real image of LHS 1140 b exists yet.
exoplanet · 48.8 light years from Earth
LHS 1140 b
A dense super-Earth, possibly a snowball world with a liquid ocean under its star-facing point.
- Type
- Exoplanet
- Orbits
- LHS 1140
- Distance
- 48.8 light years
- Diameter
- about 22,000 km (estimated)
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Discovered
- 2017
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces its star
About LHS 1140 b
- Found in 2017 as it passed in front of its star.
- It is one of the most studied habitable-zone planets.
- It may be a frozen 'snowball' world with a patch of liquid ocean facing its star.
Visit LHS 1140 b in VR
In IKAREE, LHS 1140 b is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for LHS 1140 b. Warp seven. Engage.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for LHS 1140 b. Warp seven. Engaging.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of LHS 1140 b.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
