The CoRoT-7 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 521.54 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.82 solar masses |
Radius | 0.83 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5275 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.05 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.75 billion years |
At 4.080 Earth masses, CoRoT-7 b is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 4.077 Earth masses |
Density | 6.610 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.681 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.017016 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 0.854 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2009-10 |
Reference | Leger et al. 2009 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, CoRoT-7 c is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 8.400 Earth masses |
Density | 2.040 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.830 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.046 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.698 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2009-10 |
Reference | Queloz et al. 2009 |