What it’s like to stand here
CoRoT-23 b
weight
6.42 g
sun
33.3× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

CoRoT-23 b

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

CoRoT-23
host star
11.77 R⊕
radius
890 M⊕
mass · measured
3.6 days
orbital period
1387°C (2528°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
6.42 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
3.6 days
one year, in Earth time
33.3× 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 · 3,460 ly away
Jet airliner
4.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,460 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
3 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthCoRoT-23 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
CoRoT-23
G0 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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.7
ConstellationSerpens
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from CoRoT-23 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.