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CoRoT-8 is a star in the constellation Aquila at a distance of about 1055 light-years away. At least one planet revolves around the star.

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Object type
*
Spectral type
K1V
Distance
1,055 light-years
Redshift
z = -0.00012524213930931172
Coordinates
RA 291.5885° · Dec 1.4264°
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Distance from Earth
325.034
Radius
0.77
Mass
0.88
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catalog code
TIC 391880567
luminosity
0.21647783
effective temperature
5080
parallax
3.0903
apparent magnitude
14.20456
spectral class
K1V
metallicity
0.3
radial velocity
-37.549
surface gravity
26300
right ascension component of proper motion
13.683
declination component of proper motion
-32.743
right ascension
291.58851065515
declination
1.42643819459
age estimated by a dating method
3

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CoRoT-8 is a star in the constellation Aquila at a distance of about 1055 light-years away. At least one planet revolves around the star.

CoRoT-8 is an orange dwarf which has 0.88 solar masses and 0.77 solar radius. By astronomical standards, this is already a rather young star compared to the Sun: its age is about 3 billion years. It got its name in honor of the CoRoT space telescope, with the help of which its planetary companion was discovered.

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