The CoRoT-2 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 695.64 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.96 solar masses |
Radius | 0.91 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5625 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, CoRoT-2 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1102.820 Earth masses |
Density | 1.470 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 16.432 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.02798 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0143 |
Orbital Period | 1.743 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2008-05 |
Reference | Alonso et al. 2008 |