CoRoT-7 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-7.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 1.7 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 4.1 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 20 hours.
Planet
- Radius
- 1.681 × Earth
- Mass
- 4.077 × Earth
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 0.8536 days
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-7
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,275 K
- Radius
- 0.83 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.82 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 521.5 light-years (159.9 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2009
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.