The CoRoT-5 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2878.24 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1 solar masses |
Radius | 1.19 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6100 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.25 decimal exponent |
Age | 6.9 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, CoRoT-5 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 148.420 Earth masses |
Density | 0.217 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 15.558 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04947 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.09 |
Orbital Period | 4.038 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2009-10 |
Reference | Rauer et al. 2009 |