Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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CoRoT-3 b
Host star CoRoT-3 • 11.32 R⊕ • 4.26 d orbit
Records
5
archive rows
Discovery
2008
Transit
Radius
11.32 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
6883.9 M⊕
default parameter set
CoRoT-3
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: Deleuil et al. 2008
Host Star
CoRoT-3
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2008
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
4.26 day
4.26 to 4.26
Radius
11.32 Rearth
11.14 to 11.62
Mass
6883.9 Mearth
6747.5 to 6979.5
Density
26.40 g/cm**3
24.50 to 26.40
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 11.32 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
CoRoT-3 b
11.32 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
5
Refs
5
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempstable
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 4.26 day | 11.32 Rearth | 6814.3 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2008 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | — | — | — | — | Tsantaki et al. 2014 |
| 2008 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 4.26 day | 11.32 Rearth | 6883.9 Mearth | — | Deleuil et al. 2008 |
| 2008 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 4.26 day | 11.62 Rearth | 6979.5 Mearth | 1695 K | Southworth 2011 |
| 2008 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 4.26 day | 11.14 Rearth | 6747.5 Mearth | — | Triaud et al. 2009 |