The CoRoT-8 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1050.34 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.88 solar masses |
Radius | 0.77 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5080 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.3 decimal exponent |
Age | 3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, CoRoT-8 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 69.920 Earth masses |
Density | 1.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 6.390 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.063 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 6.212 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2010-09 |
Reference | Borde et al. 2010 |