CoRoT-13

Planetary system · 3747.3 light-years away

CoRoT-13 is 3,747 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G0 V star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (CoRoT).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

CoRoT-13 b goes round its star every 4.04 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG0 V
Surface temperature5,945 K
Mass1.09 solar masses
Radius1.01 solar radii
Luminosity1.183 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.005
Ageabout 1.635 billion years
Distance from the Sun3747.3 light-years (1148.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 102.7211°, Dec -5.0865°
ConstellationMonoceros

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
CoRoT-13 b4.04 days0.0510 AU9.92 R⊕415.7 M⊕Transit, 2010

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

The planets, compared

For a star of 5,945 K, 1.2 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.02 to 1.80 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 3,747 years ago, around 1700 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by CoRoT

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