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CT Cha b

Host star CT Cha • 24.66 R⊕

Records

1

archive rows

Discovery

2007

Imaging

Radius

24.66 R⊕

default parameter set

Mass

5403 M⊕

default parameter set

CT Cha

2600 K equilibrium

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: Schmidt et al. 2008

Host Star

CT Cha

Stable across source rows

CT Cha

Discovery Method

Imaging

Consistent across records

Imaging (1)

Discovery Year

2007

Stable across source rows

2007

Semi-Major Axis

440 au

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Radius

24.66 Rearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Mass

5403 Mearth

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Equilibrium Temperature

2600 K

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 24.66 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

CT Cha b

24.66 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

1

Refs

1

Methods

1

Discoverystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Eq. Tempstable

1 values • 1 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2007ImagingParanal Observatory8.2 m ESO VLT UT4 Yepun Telescope24.66 Rearth5403 Mearth2600 KSchmidt et al. 2008