CoRoT-17 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-17.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 11 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 772 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,353 °C (2,467 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.43 × Earth
- Mass
- 772.3 × Earth
- Density
- 2.82 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,626 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.768 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0461 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-17
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,740 K
- Radius
- 1.59 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.04 × Sun
- Age
- 10.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,836 light-years (1,176 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.