The CoRoT-9 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1346.96 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.96 solar masses |
Radius | 0.96 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5625 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.01 decimal exponent |
Age | 6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, CoRoT-9 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 266.977 Earth masses |
Density | 0.860 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.949 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.4021 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.133 |
Orbital Period | 95.273 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2010-03 |
Reference | Deeg et al. 2010 |