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CoRoT-12 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/CoRoT-12 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

CoRoT-12 b

Orbiting CoRoT-12

Discovered in 2010 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,010
Method: Transit
Radius: 16.14 R⊕
Mass: 291.438 M⊕
Orbit: 2.828042 days
Distance: 1,126.37 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 2.828042 days
Semi-major axis: 0.04016 AU
Eccentricity: 0.07
Radius: 16.14 Earth radii
Mass: 291.438 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 0.411 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 1,442 K
Insolation: 661.1334 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: CoRoT-12
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar temperature: 5,675 K
Stellar radius: 1.116 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.078 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.16 dex
Stellar age: 6.3 Gyr
Distance: 1,126.37 parsecs
Right ascension: 06h43m03.76s
Declination: -01d17m47.20s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,010
Publication date: 2010-09
Discovery locale: Space
Facility: CoRoT
Telescope: 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope
Instrument: CoRoT CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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