CoRoT-7 b
Orbiting CoRoT-7
CoRoT-7 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star CoRoT-7, discovered in 2009 using the Transit method. It is a Super-Earth world.
Radius
1.68
Earth radii
Mass
4.08
Earth masses
Orbital Period
0.9
days
Distance
159.9
parsecs
Radius (Earth radii)
1.68
Mass (Earth masses)
4.08
Measured
Equilibrium Temperature
Unknown
Parameter source: Stassun et al. 2017
Orbital Period
0.854+0.000−0.000days
Planet Mass (Earth masses)
4.08+1.02−1.02
Planet Mass (Jupiter masses)
0.0128+0.0032−0.0032
Eccentricity
0.0000
Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude
3.10+0.70−0.70m/s
Distance from Earth
159.9 pc (~522 ly)
Spectral Type
Unknown
Temperature
5275 K
Mass (Solar)
0.82 M☉
Radius (Solar)
0.83 R☉
Luminosity
Unknown
Planets in System
3
Stars in System
1
Coordinates (RA, Dec)
100.9562°, -1.0630°
Discovery Method
Transit
Discovery Year
2009
Source ID: CoRoT-7 b
CoRoT-7 b orbits CoRoT-7 and was reported in 2009 and was detected with the Transit method.
Published measurements list a radius of 1.68 Earth radii, a mass of 4.08 Earth masses, and an orbital period of 0.85 days.
Catalog data places the system at about 159.9 parsecs from Earth and 3 known planets in the system.
Host star
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