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CoRoT-7 b

Host star CoRoT-7 • 1.63 R⊕ • 0.85 d orbit

Records

8

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.63 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

5.27 M⊕

median non-null value

CoRoT-7

1833 K equilibrium

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-7

Discovery

Transit

Year

2009

Period

0.85 day

Radius

1.86 Rearth

Mass

6.99 Mearth

Eq. Temp

1910 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.63 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

CoRoT-7 b

1.63 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

8

Refs

8

Methods

1

Discoverystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

8 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

8 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

6 values • 4 distinct

Massdisputed

8 values • 8 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day1.86 Rearth6.99 Mearth1910 KSouthworth 2011
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day1.58 Rearth5.74 Mearth1756 KBarros et al. 2014
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day1.68 Rearth4.08 MearthStassun et al. 2017
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day1.53 Rearth6.06 MearthJohn et al. 2022
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day4.80 MearthQueloz et al. 2009
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day4.73 MearthHaywood et al. 2014
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day1.58 Rearth4.60 MearthDai et al. 2019
2009TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope0.85 day1.68 Rearth21 MearthLeger et al. 2009