What it’s like to stand here
CoRoT-36 b
weight
0.87 g
sun
22.9× wider
sky
bright white

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

Gas giant

CoRoT-36 b

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

CoRoT-36
host star
15.80 R⊕
radius
216 M⊕
mass · measured
5.6 days
orbital period
1294°C (2361°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.87 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
5.6 days
one year, in Earth time
22.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.2×
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 · 3,020 ly away
Jet airliner
3.6 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
4.7 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,020 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
3 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthCoRoT-36 b is 16× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
CoRoT-36
F3 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 13.1
ConstellationOphiuchus
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from CoRoT-36 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.