CoRoT-23 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-23.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 890 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,387 °C (2,528 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.77 × Earth
- Mass
- 889.9 × Earth
- Density
- 3 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,660 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.631 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.048 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-23
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,900 K
- Radius
- 1.61 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.14 × Sun
- Age
- 7.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,460 light-years (1,061 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.