CoRoT-36 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-36.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 216 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,294 °C (2,361 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.8 × Earth
- Mass
- 216.1 × Earth
- Density
- 0.25 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,567 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 5.617 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.066 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-36
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,730 K
- Radius
- 1.52 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.32 × Sun
- Age
- 2.1 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,020 light-years (926 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2022
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.