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Exoplanet CoRoT-10 b
Exoplanet CoRoT-10 b orbits star CoRoT-10 that lies 1120 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 874.242 Earth masses and orbits its star closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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CoRoT-10 b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: CoRoT-10
Distance from the star: 0.106 AU
Orbit around star: 13.241 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet CoRoT-10 b around its star is 13.241 days.
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
More about Orbital period in StellarGuide
Eccentricity: 0.53Basic characteristic
Mass: 874.242 M Earth
| 2.7509 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet CoRoT-10 b has 874.242 Earth masses (or 2.7509 Jupiter masses).
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
More about Exoplanet mass in StellarGuide
Size: 10.873 R Earth | 1 R Jupiter
Density: 3750 kg/m3 | 68.02 % Earth
Year of discovery: 2010
Other designations of this exoplanet
TOI-7066 b
TOI-7066 b
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CoRoT-10 system structure
Exoplanet CoRoT-10 b orbits star CoRoT-10, which has lower mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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CoRoT-10 | ||||||||
| CoRoT-10 b | 0.11 AU | 874.2 M⊕ | 10.9 R⊕ | 13.2 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, CoRoT-10 b has 2.75 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 15895.31 | 1072.69 | 874.24 | 7947.65 | 2.75 | 9.18 | 59.88 | 50.83 |
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Size | 28.4 | 11.45 | 10.87 | 20.52 | 0.97 | 1.19 | 2.72 | 2.86 |
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Density | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.92 | 3.01 | 5.38 | 2.98 | 2.17 |
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Distance | 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.38 - 0.54 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.