The CoRoT-21 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 4562.38 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.29 solar masses |
Radius | 1.95 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6200 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.1 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, CoRoT-21 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 718.296 Earth masses |
Density | 1.360 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.572 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0417 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.725 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2012-09 |
Reference | Pätzold et al. 2012 |