CoRoT-2 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-2.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,103 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 16.43 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,103 × Earth
- Density
- 1.47 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.743 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.02798 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-2
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,625 K
- Radius
- 0.906 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.96 × Sun
- Age
- 2.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 695.6 light-years (213.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.