CoRoT-16 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-16.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 13 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 170 times Earth's mass.
Year
A year here lasts about 5.4 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
13.11 × Earth
Mass
170 × Earth
Density
0.44 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
Unknown
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
5.352 days
Average distance from its star
0.0618 AU

Star

Host star
CoRoT-16
Spectral class
G — sun-like
Surface temperature
5,650 K
Radius
1.19 × Sun
Mass
1.098 × Sun
Age
6.73 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
2,389 light-years (732.4 parsecs)
Stars in system
1
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2011
Method
Transit
Facility
CoRoT

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.