CoRoT-26 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-26.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 165 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,327 °C (2,420 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.12 × Earth
- Mass
- 165.3 × Earth
- Density
- 0.28 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,600 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.205 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0526 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-26
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,590 K
- Radius
- 1.79 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.09 × Sun
- Age
- 8.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 3,409 light-years (1,045 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2013
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.