What it’s like to stand here
CoRoT-7 b
weight
1.44 g
sun
48.0× wider
sky
warm white

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

Rocky world

CoRoT-7 b

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

CoRoT-7
host star
1.68 R⊕
radius
4.08 M⊕
mass · measured
20.5 hours
orbital period
1483°C (2701°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.44 g
your weight (measured mass)
20.5 hours
one year, in Earth time
48.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.7×
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 · 522 ly away
Jet airliner
625 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
813,403 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
522 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
190 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthCoRoT-7 b is 1.7× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
CoRoT-7
G9 V · 3 planets
Explore →

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

Can you see it tonight? · observe
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 11.7
ConstellationMonoceros
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from CoRoT-7 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.