CoRoT-26 is 3,409 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G5 star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (CoRoT).
Fly there in 3DCoRoT-26 b goes round its star every 4.20 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G5 |
| Surface temperature | 5,590 K |
| Mass | 1.09 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.79 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.825 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 15.861 |
| Age | about 8.6 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 3408.9 light-years (1045.2 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 279.7505°, Dec 6.9698° |
| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoRoT-26 b | 4.20 days | 0.0526 AU | 14.12 R⊕ | 165.26 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
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.