Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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CoRoT-16 b
Host star CoRoT-16 • 13.11 R⊕ • 5.35 d orbit
Records
2
archive rows
Discovery
2011
Transit
Radius
13.11 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
170.0 M⊕
default parameter set
CoRoT-16
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: Ollivier et al. 2012
Host Star
CoRoT-16
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2011
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
5.35 day
single adopted value
Semi-Major Axis
0.06 au
single adopted value
Radius
13.11 Rearth
13.11 to 13.11
Mass
170.0 Mearth
168.1 to 170.0
Density
0.44 g/cm**3
0.41 to 0.44
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 13.11 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
CoRoT-16 b
13.11 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
2
Refs
2
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusstable
Massdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 5.35 day | 13.11 Rearth | 168.1 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2011 | Transit | CoRoT | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope | 5.35 day | 13.11 Rearth | 170.0 Mearth | — | Ollivier et al. 2012 |