What it’s like to stand here
CoRoT-16 b
weight
0.99 g
sun
19.2× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

CoRoT-16 b

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

CoRoT-16
host star
13.11 R⊕
radius
170 M⊕
mass · measured
5.4 days
orbital period
922°C (1692°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.99 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
5.4 days
one year, in Earth time
19.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 2,389 ly away
Jet airliner
2.9 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.7 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,389 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthCoRoT-16 b is 13× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
CoRoT-16
G5 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 16.1
ConstellationScutum
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from CoRoT-16 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.