CoRoT-28

Planetary system · 2499.0 light-years away

CoRoT-28 is 2,499 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G8/9 IV star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (CoRoT).

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Worth knowing

CoRoT-28 b goes round its star every 5.21 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG8/9 IV
Surface temperature5,150 K
Mass1.01 solar masses
Radius1.78 solar radii
Luminosity2.446 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.783
Ageabout 12 billion years
Distance from the Sun2499.0 light-years (766.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 278.6883°, Dec 5.5737°
ConstellationSerpens

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CoRoT-28 b5.21 days0.0603 AU10.705 R⊕153.83 M⊕Transit, 2015

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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