CoRoT-4 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-4.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 229 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 801 °C (1,474 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.34 × Earth
- Mass
- 228.8 × Earth
- Density
- 0.525 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,074 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 9.202 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.09 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-4
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,190 K
- Radius
- 1.17 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.16 × Sun
- Age
- 1 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,369 light-years (726.4 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.