CoRoT-12

Planetary system · 3673.7 light-years away

CoRoT-12 is 3,674 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,675 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (CoRoT).

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Worth knowing

CoRoT-12 b goes round its star every 2.83 days, 31 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,675 K
Mass1.078 solar masses
Radius1.116 solar radii
Luminosity1.175 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.588
Ageabout 6.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun3673.7 light-years (1126.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 100.7657°, Dec -1.2964°
ConstellationMonoceros

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CoRoT-12 b2.83 days0.0402 AU16.14 R⊕291.44 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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