Exoplanet CoRoT-1 b

Exoplanet CoRoT-1 b orbits star CoRoT-1 that lies 2509 light years away from the Sun. It weighs about 327.4 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.

CoRoT-1 b

Exoplanet, gas giant

Star: CoRoT-1

Distance from the star: 0.0254 AU

Orbit around star: 1.508968 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 327.4 M Earth | 1.0303 M Jupiter

Size: 16.701 R Earth | 1.5 R Jupiter

Density: 388 kg/m3 | 7 % Earth

Year of discovery: 2007 (transit)

Other designations of this exoplanet
GSC 04804-02268 b, 2MASS J06481917-0306077 b

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, CoRoT-1 b has 1.03 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	5953.53	401.77	327.44	2976.76	1.03	3.44	22.43	19.04
Size	43.62	17.58	16.7	31.51	1.49	1.84	4.18	4.4
Density	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.1	0.31	0.56	0.31	0.22
Distance	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.02	0	0	0	0

CoRoT-1 system structure

Exoplanet CoRoT-1 b orbits star CoRoT-1, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star

	CoRoT-1
		CoRoT-1 b	0.03 AU	327.4 M⊕	16.7 R⊕	1.5 days

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