What it’s like to stand here
CoRoT-2 b
weight
4.08 g
sun
32.1× wider
sky
warm white

Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.

Gas giant

CoRoT-2 b

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

CoRoT-2
host star
16.43 R⊕
radius
1,103 M⊕
mass · measured
1.7 days
orbital period
1248°C (2278°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
4.08 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
1.7 days
one year, in Earth time
32.1× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.2×
how high you could jump vs Earth
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other
How long to get there · 696 ly away
Jet airliner
834 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
696 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
254 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthCoRoT-2 b is 16× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
CoRoT-2
5625 K host star · 1 planet
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Sibling worlds in this system

No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.

Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 12.5
ConstellationAquila
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from CoRoT-2 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.