Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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CoRoT-8 b
Host star CoRoT-8 • 6.39 R⊕ • 6.21 d orbit
Records
4
archive rows
Discovery
2010
Transit
Radius
6.39 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
69.92 M⊕
default parameter set
CoRoT-8
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: Borde et al. 2010
Host Star
CoRoT-8
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2010
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
6.21 day
6.21 to 6.21
Semi-Major Axis
0.06 au
0.06 to 0.06
Radius
6.39 Rearth
6.39 to 7.98
Mass
69.92 Mearth
68.65 to 69.92
Density
1.60 g/cm**3
0.74 to 1.60
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 6.39 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
CoRoT-8 b
6.39 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Refs
4
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 6.21 day | 6.94 Rearth | 69.29 Mearth | 870 K | Raetz et al. 2019 |
| 2010 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 6.21 day | 6.39 Rearth | 69.29 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2010 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 6.21 day | 7.98 Rearth | 68.65 Mearth | 922 K | Southworth 2011 |
| 2010 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 6.21 day | 6.39 Rearth | 69.92 Mearth | — | Borde et al. 2010 |