Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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CoRoT-7 b
Host star CoRoT-7 • 1.68 R⊕ • 0.85 d orbit
Records
8
archive rows
Discovery
2009
Transit
Radius
1.68 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
4.08 M⊕
default parameter set
CoRoT-7
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: Stassun et al. 2017
Host Star
CoRoT-7
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2009
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
0.85 day
0.85 to 0.85
Radius
1.68 Rearth
1.53 to 1.86
Mass
4.08 Mearth
4.08 to 21
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 1.68 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
CoRoT-7 b
1.68 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
8
Refs
8
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | 1.58 Rearth | 5.74 Mearth | 1756 K | Barros et al. 2014 |
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | 1.86 Rearth | 6.99 Mearth | 1910 K | Southworth 2011 |
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | — | 4.73 Mearth | — | Haywood et al. 2014 |
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | — | 4.80 Mearth | — | Queloz et al. 2009 |
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | 1.68 Rearth | 4.08 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | 1.58 Rearth | 4.60 Mearth | — | Dai et al. 2019 |
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | 1.68 Rearth | 21 Mearth | — | Leger et al. 2009 |
| 2009 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 0.85 day | 1.53 Rearth | 6.06 Mearth | — | John et al. 2022 |