CoRoT-2

Planetary system · 695.6 light-years away

CoRoT-2 is 696 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,625 K star; the first was found in 2008 by transit (CoRoT).

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Worth knowing

CoRoT-2 b goes round its star every 41.8 hours, 50 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

CoRoT-2 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only CoRoT-2 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature5,625 K
Mass0.96 solar masses
Radius0.906 solar radii
Luminosity0.7404 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.516
Ageabout 2.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun695.6 light-years (213.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.7770°, Dec 1.3837°
ConstellationAquila

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CoRoT-2 b41.8 hours0.0280 AU16.432 R⊕1102.8 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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