Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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CoRoT-21 b
Host star CoRoT-21 • 14.57 R⊕ • 2.72 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2012
Transit
Radius
14.57 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
718.3 M⊕
default parameter set
CoRoT-21
temperature unconstrained
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: Pätzold et al. 2012
Host Star
CoRoT-21
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2012
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
2.72 day
single adopted value
Semi-Major Axis
0.04 au
0.04 to 0.04
Radius
14.57 Rearth
single adopted value
Mass
718.3 Mearth
705.6 to 718.3
Density
1.36 g/cm**3
1.24 to 1.36
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 14.57 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
CoRoT-21 b
14.57 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusstable
Massdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 2.72 day | 14.57 Rearth | 718.3 Mearth | — | Pätzold et al. 2012 |
| 2012 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 2.72 day | 14.57 Rearth | 705.6 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |