CoRoT-10

Planetary system · 1103.7 light-years away

CoRoT-10 is 1,104 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K1 V star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (CoRoT).

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Worth knowing

CoRoT-10 b goes round its star every 13.2 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK1 V
Surface temperature5,075 K
Mass0.89 solar masses
Radius0.79 solar radii
Luminosity0.1879 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.293
Ageabout 3 billion years
Distance from the Sun1103.7 light-years (338.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.0637°, Dec 0.7460°
ConstellationAquila

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CoRoT-10 b13.2 days0.105 AU10.87 R⊕874 M⊕Transit, 2010

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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