CoRoT-1

Planetary system · 2569.8 light-years away

CoRoT-1 is 2,570 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G0 V star; the first was found in 2008 by transit (CoRoT).

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Worth knowing

CoRoT-1 b goes round its star every 36.2 hours, 58 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,950 K
Mass0.95 solar masses
Radius1.11 solar radii
Luminosity1.986 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.623
Ageabout 1.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun2569.8 light-years (787.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 102.0799°, Dec -3.1021°
ConstellationMonoceros

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CoRoT-1 b36.2 hours0.0275 AU16.7 R⊕327.35 M⊕Transit, 2008

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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