CoRoT-18 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-18.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,103 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,277 °C (2,330 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.68 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,103 × Earth
- Density
- 2.2 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,550 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.9 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0295 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-18
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,440 K
- Radius
- 1 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.95 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,495 light-years (764.9 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.