What it’s like to stand here
CoRoT-22 b
weight
0.51 g
sun
12.3× wider
sky
warm white

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

Ice / gas giant

CoRoT-22 b

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

CoRoT-22
host star
4.88 R⊕
radius
12.20 M⊕
mass · measured
9.8 days
orbital period
612°C (1133°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.51 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
9.8 days
one year, in Earth time
12.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
2.0×
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 · 2,046 ly away
Jet airliner
2.5 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,046 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthCoRoT-22 b is 4.9× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
CoRoT-22
G3 V · 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 13.8
ConstellationSerpens
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from CoRoT-22 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.