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CoRoT-21 b

Host star CoRoT-21 • 14.57 R⊕ • 2.72 d orbit

Records

2

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

14.57 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

711.9 M⊕

median non-null value

CoRoT-21

temperature unconstrained

Quick Summary

Fast scan of the current planet profile

This first pass still reads from the currently available detail payload. Canonical adopted summaries will replace first-row values in the next backend pass.

Host Star

CoRoT-21

Discovery

Transit

Year

2012

Period

2.72 day

Radius

14.57 Rearth

Mass

705.6 Mearth

Eq. Temp

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

2 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

2 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2012TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope2.72 day14.57 Rearth705.6 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2012TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope2.72 day14.57 Rearth718.3 MearthPätzold et al. 2012