TEPCat: CoRoT-7


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system CoRoT-7. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2009A+A...506..287L  
Date of discovery paper 2009 / 8 / 3 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery CoRoT  
Right ascension 06 43 49.47 h m s
Declination −01 03 46.9 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 100.95613 degrees
Declination (decimal) -1.06303 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 11.72 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 9.81 mag
Transit duration 0.04413
( 1.0591 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.034 %
Time of mid-transit   2454398.07756 ± 0.00059     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 0.85359159 ± 0.00000057 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2014A+A...569A..74B  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5313 ± 73 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.03 ± 0.07 dex
Stellar mass 0.884 +0.029 −0.032   Msun
Stellar radius 0.8389 +0.0093 −0.0088 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.573 ± 0.011 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.49 +0.12 −0.13
( 2.10 +0.17 −0.18 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0 +0.32 −0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.01702 +0.00017 −0.00004  AU
Planetary mass 0.0191 ± 0.0020
( 6.07 ± 0.64 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.141 ± 0.009
( 1.58 ± 0.10 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 21.5 +3.5 −3.0
3.33 +0.07 −0.07
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 4.9 +2.1 −2.3
( 6.5 +2.8 −3.1 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1756 ± 27 K
Reference of detailed study 2022MNRAS.515.3975J  

 

CoRoT-7 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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