Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 15.80 Earth radii
A mass of 216.12 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 0.87 g
An orbital period of 5.617 days
Semi-major axis 0.0660 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,567 K (1294 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,020.07 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.065
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,258,889 years

CoRoT-36 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

15.80 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.410 R♃

Mass

216.12 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.680 M♃

Density

0.25 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

0.87 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.065

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022

Method Transit

Facility CoRoT

Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#178of 1771

top 10.0%

This planet

15.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

WASP-15 b 15.80 R⊕ WASP-63 b 15.80 R⊕ HATS-51 b 15.80 R⊕

Metric	Earth	CoRoT-36 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	15.80	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	216.12	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	0.25	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	0.87	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	216.123 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 405004589

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4477340334766250496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4477340334766250496

System

CoRoT-36

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 15.805 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1771

Mass 216.123 M⊕ · percentile 23 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 5.62 d · percentile 39 / cohort 1533

Distance 925.96 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.065 · percentile 11 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

5.617 days

Semi-major axis

0.0660 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

85.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.62 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0660 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.010 %

Duration

4.980 h

Impact parameter b

0.573

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,662.5224

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,100 ppm lasting ≈ 4.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Impact parameter (b)

0.573

RV semi-amplitude (K)

65.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,662.5224

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

275.80°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07130

Eq. Temperature

1,567K

(1294 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.065

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sebastian et al. 2022

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2022-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: CoRoT-36

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,730 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.10 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.520 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.320 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.160 dex

Stellar density

0.237 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

25.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

925.96 parsec

Light-years 3,020.07 ly

V-band magnitude

13.13 mag

Voyager-speed travel 53,258,889 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.052 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.099 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.99 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.134 · y = -0.983 · z = 0.125

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 277.75101° · Dec 7.18335°

Galactic ℓ, b

37.042° · 7.796°

Ecliptic λ, β

278.919° · 30.383°

HTM-20 index

-248843076