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CoRoT-2 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/CoRoT-2 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

CoRoT-2 b

Orbiting CoRoT-2

Discovered in 2008 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of CoRoT-2 b — Generic category artwork—not a direct imageApex Andromeda catalog artwork

Discovery: 2,008
Method: Transit
Radius: 16.432 R⊕
Mass: 1,102.82 M⊕
Orbit: 1.742994 days
Distance: 213.283 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 1.742994 days
Semi-major axis: 0.02798 AU
Eccentricity: 0.0143
Radius: 16.432 Earth radii
Mass: 1,102.82 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 1.47 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 1,521 K
Insolation: 932.9076 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: CoRoT-2
Stars in system: 2
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar temperature: 5,625 K
Stellar radius: 0.906 R☉
Stellar mass: 0.96 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.04 dex
Stellar age: 2.7 Gyr
Distance: 213.283 parsecs
Right ascension: 19h27m06.49s
Declination: +01d23m01.19s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,008
Publication date: 2008-05
Discovery locale: Space
Facility: CoRoT
Telescope: 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope
Instrument: CoRoT CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from CoRoT-2 b.

Generic gas giant catalog artwork; not a direct image of CoRoT-2 b — Apex Andromeda catalog artwork