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CoRoT-8 b

Host star CoRoT-8 • 6.66 R⊕ • 6.21 d orbit

Records

4

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

6.66 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

69.29 M⊕

median non-null value

CoRoT-8

896 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-8

Discovery

Transit

Year

2010

Period

6.21 day

Radius

6.94 Rearth

Mass

69.29 Mearth

Eq. Temp

870 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 6.66 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

CoRoT-8 b

6.66 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

4

Refs

4

Methods

1

Discoverystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

4 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

4 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2010TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope6.21 day6.94 Rearth69.29 Mearth870 KRaetz et al. 2019
2010TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope6.21 day6.39 Rearth69.29 MearthBonomo et al. 2017
2010TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope6.21 day6.39 Rearth69.92 MearthBorde et al. 2010
2010TransitCoRoT0.27 m CoRoT Telescope6.21 day7.98 Rearth68.65 Mearth922 KSouthworth 2011