Stellar HostProfile

USco CTIO 108

M7 • 144.0 pc

Records

literature rows

Planets

system count

References

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 48666170

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Stellar source: Béjar et al. 2008 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

2700 K

2700 to 2846

2 values • 2 distinct

Mass

0.06 Msun

0.06 to 0.33

2 values • 2 distinct

Age

3.00e-3 Gyr

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminosity

-1.95 log(Lsun)

-2.15 to -1.95

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

144.0 pc

single adopted value

2 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

Consistent across records

M7 (1)

Planets

Stable across source rows

Discovery

2008

Period

—

Radius

—

Mass

4449.6 M⊕

Eq. Temp

—

USco CTIO 108: A Very Young Red Dwarf and Its Massive Planet

USco CTIO 108 is an M7 star located 470 light-years away. It is a very young star, with an age of 0.003 billion years. Its mass is 0.06 solar masses, smaller than the Sun's, and its temperature is 2700 K, cooler than the Sun's. One planet orbits this host.

That planet is USco CTIO 108 b, discovered by imaging in 2008. Its mass is 4450 Earth masses, larger than Earth's and roughly 14 times Jupiter's mass. No orbital period is reported for USco CTIO 108 b.

Evidence Summary

Rows

Stellar refs

System refs

Distancestable

2 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Agestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFF	ST MASS	ST RAD	ST AGE	ST LUM	ST SPECTYPE	SY DIST	Stellar Ref	System Ref
2700	0.06	—	3.00e-3	-1.95	M7	144.0	Béjar et al. 2008	TICv8
2846	0.33	0.35	—	-2.15	—	144.0	TICv8	TICv8

USco CTIO 108

Adopted host values from one source row

Known planets

USco CTIO 108 b

USco CTIO 108: A Very Young Red Dwarf and Its Massive Planet

Underlying measurements and references