CoRoT-20

Planetary system · 2753.0 light-years away

CoRoT-20 is 2,753 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G2 V star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (CoRoT).

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Worth knowing

CoRoT-20 b goes round its star every 9.24 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG2 V
Surface temperature5,880 K
Mass1.14 solar masses
Radius1.02 solar radii
Luminosity1.479 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.63
Ageabout 0.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun2753.0 light-years (844.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 97.7204°, Dec 0.2269°
ConstellationMonoceros

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CoRoT-20 b9.24 days0.0900 AU9.4156 R⊕1366.7 M⊕Transit, 2011
CoRoT-20 c4.6 years2.900 AU12.2 R⊕ estimated5403.1 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2018

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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