CoRoT-8 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-8.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 6.4 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 70 times Earth's mass.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 6.39 × Earth
- Mass
- 69.92 × Earth
- Density
- 1.6 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 6.212 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.063 AU
Star
- Host star
- CoRoT-8
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,080 K
- Radius
- 0.77 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.88 × Sun
- Age
- 3 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,050 light-years (322 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2010
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- CoRoT
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.