CoRoT-3 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-3.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 11 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 6,884 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.32 × Earth
- Mass
- 6,884 × Earth
- Density
- 26.4 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.257 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-3
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,740 K
- Radius
- 1.56 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.37 × Sun
- Age
- 2.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,507 light-years (768.8 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.