CoRoT-6 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-6.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 941 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 744 °C (1,371 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 8.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.07 × Earth
- Mass
- 940.7 × Earth
- Density
- 2.32 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,017 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 8.887 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0855 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-6
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,090 K
- Radius
- 1.025 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.05 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,105 light-years (645.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2009
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.