What it’s like to stand here
CoRoT-31 b
weight
1.00 g
sun
36.3× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

CoRoT-31 b

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

CoRoT-31
host star
16.37 R⊕
radius
267 M⊕
mass · measured
4.6 days
orbital period
1392°C (2537°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
1.00 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
4.6 days
one year, in Earth time
36.3× 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 · 6,542 ly away
Jet airliner
7.8 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
10.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
6,542 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
7 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthCoRoT-31 b is 16× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
CoRoT-31
G2 IV · 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 15.5
ConstellationMonoceros
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from CoRoT-31 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.