CoRoT-12 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-12.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 291 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,169 °C (2,136 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 16.14 × Earth
- Mass
- 291.4 × Earth
- Density
- 0.411 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,442 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.828 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.04016 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-12
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,675 K
- Radius
- 1.116 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.078 × Sun
- Age
- 6.3 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,674 light-years (1,126 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2010
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.