What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-36 c
weight
0.53 g
sun
12.9× wider
sky
warm white

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

Ice / gas giant

Kepler-36 c

ESI 0.181,722 lyDiscovered in 2012 by Kepler

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

Kepler-36 →
host star
3.68 R⊕
radius
7.13 M⊕
mass · measured
16 days
orbital period
655°C (1211°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.53 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
16 days
one year, in Earth time
12.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.9×
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 · 1,722 ly away
Jet airliner
2.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.7 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,722 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-36 c is 3.7× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-36 cIce / gas giant
PlanetKepler-36 bRocky world
PlanetKepler-254 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-84229 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-36
5979 K host star · 2 planets
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Can you see it tonight? · observe
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 11.9
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-36 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.