CoRoT-8 Overview

  • Star: CoRoT-8
    • Stellar Radius: 0.56 Solar Radius
    • Stellar Effective Temperature: 5143.00 K
    • Planet: CoRoT-8 b
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.570 Jupiter Radius

CoRoT-8 Architecture & Discovery Information

Name Orbital Separation Planet Size Method Year Reference Disposition
CoRoT-8
CoRoT-8 b 6.21 d 6.39 R Transit 2010 Borde et al. 2010 Confirmed Planet
CoRoT-8
RA
19h26m21.26s
Dec
+01d25m34.67s
Distance
322.037±2.714 pc
Parallax
3.0766200±0.0259729 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
23.11609 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
293.57027 deg
Galactic Latitude
-7.10426 deg
Galactic Longitude
38.21286 deg
Total Proper Motion
35.4833440±0.0427681 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
13.5768000±0.0475751 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-32.7832000±0.0418883 mas/yr
Photometry
mV 14.792±0.034
mTESS 13.4202±0.0061
mJ 12.154±0.023
mH 11.641±0.024
mKs 11.463±0.021
mW1 11.401±0.024
mW2 11.465±0.022
mW3 11.567±0.228
mW4 8.22
mGaia 14.219500±0.000262
mB 16.005±0.064
mi ---
mr ---
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog)
[Fe/H] 0.43±0.04 dex
[Na/H] 0.42±0.04 dex
[Mg/H] 0.28±0.07 dex
[Al/H] 0.36±0.06 dex
[Si/H] 0.22±0.05 dex
[Ca/H] 0.26±0.06 dex
Source TICv8 Raetz et al. 2019 Gaia DR2 Bonomo et al. 2017 Mortier et al. 2013 Southworth 2011 Borde et al. 2010 ExoFOP
Teff
(K)
5143.0±178.0 ---
4396.593+274.777-181.718
5080±80 5143±178 5080±80 5080±80 5143±178
L
(log10(L⦿))
-0.6988087 -0.40±0.05
-0.66458657+0.00913440-0.00933068
--- --- --- --- ---
Metallicity
(dex)
0.22±0.11 [M/H] --- --- 0.300±0.100 0.22±0.11 [Fe/H] 0.31±0.05 [Fe/H] 0.3±0.1 [M/H] ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
6.8428880 2.44±0.37 --- --- 1.21±0.32 1.70±0.45 2.7±0.1 ---
M
(M⦿)
0.868 0.89±0.04 --- 0.880±0.040 0.88±0.12 0.878±0.085 0.88±0.04 ---
R
(R⦿)
0.563398 0.802±0.014
0.8019123+0.0706369-0.0915649
0.770±0.020 0.99±0.51 0.898±0.091 0.77±0.02 0.563398003578186
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.87496 4.58±0.01 --- --- 4.42±0.33 4.475±0.077 4.58±0.08 4.87496
Age
(Gyr)
---
1.70+2.28-1.40
---
3.00+0.00-3.00
--- --- 3 ---
γ
(km/s)
--- --- --- --- --- --- -37.468±0.003 ---
v sin i
(km/s)
--- --- --- 2.0±1.0 --- --- 2±1 ---
Sp. T
--- --- --- --- --- --- K1 V ---
Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Radial Velocity, Transit
Source Borde et al. 2010 Raetz et al. 2019 Bonomo et al. 2017 Southworth 2011 ExoFOP
a/R
17.6±0.4
13.7+1.0-0.8
---
15.175+1.409-1.188
---
Teq
(K)
--- 870±14 --- 922±41 538.1197920044447
Mp
(M)
69.92±9.53 69.3±10.8
69.3+10.5-13.0
68.7±11.4 ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.22±0.03 0.218±0.034
0.218+0.033-0.041
0.216±0.036 ---
i
(deg)
88.4±0.1 88.18±0.08 88.400±0.100 87.44±0.56 ---
P
(days)
6.21229±0.00003 6.212445±0.000007 6.212381±0.000057 6.21229±0.00003 6.21231135156±0.00008793825
ρ
(g/cm3)
1.6±0.1 1.1±0.2 1.45±0.29 0.740±0.280 ---
Rp
(R)
6.39±0.22
6.94+0.18-0.19
6.39±0.22 7.98±0.94 5.072483373009263±2.080921600000000
Rp
(RJup)
0.57±0.02
0.619+0.016-0.017
0.570±0.020 0.712±0.084 0.4525374348275275±0.1856477101437065
K
(m/s)
26±4 ---
27.6+5.8-4.7
26±4 ---
a
(au)
0.063±0.001 0.0636±0.0014
0.06339+0.00096-0.00098
0.0633±0.0021 ---
TC
(days)
2454238.9743±0.0004
(HJD)
2454239.03317±0.00049
(BJD-TDB)
2454239.03384±0.00078
(BJD-TDB)
2454239.03311±0.00078
(HJD)
2459774.31043500±0.00370147
(BJD)
e
0 --- <0.19 --- ---
S
(S)
--- --- --- --- 19.816952315685405
δ
(%)
0.651±0.007 --- --- --- 0.822061225384596±0.095210370000000
T14
(hours)
2.74±0.02 --- --- --- 2.525703928380437±0.700062160000000
b
0.49±0.04
0.54+0.03-0.02
--- --- ---
Rp/R
0.075±0.001
0.0849+0.0020-0.0022
--- --- ---
Literature Time Series (1 File Type, 2 Files)
File Type Data Points Filter Reference
Radial Velocity Curve     19 Optical Spectra Borde et al. 2010
Radial Velocity Curve     2 Optical Spectra Borde et al. 2010
Known Objects
1 Confirmed Planets
3 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Data Files
1 CoRot Exoplanet Time Series
1 Associated Literature Data
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