Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 16.03 Earth radii
A mass of 740.51 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 2.88 g
An orbital period of 2.994 days
Semi-major axis 0.0436 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,657 K (1384 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,136.44 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.077
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,676,161 years

CoRoT-11 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

16.03 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.430 R♃

Mass

740.51 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

2.330 M♃

Density

0.99 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

2.88 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.077

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010

Method Transit

Facility CoRoT

Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#157of 1771

top 8.8%

This planet

16.03R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

WASP-58 b 16.03 R⊕ WASP-101 b 16.03 R⊕ HATS-34 b 16.03 R⊕

Metric	Earth	CoRoT-11 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	16.03	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	740.51	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	0.99	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	2.88	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	1,890.65	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	740.510 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 110178537

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4285511294172309504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4285511294172309504

System

CoRoT-11

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 16.030 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1771

Mass 740.510 M⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 2.99 d · percentile 16 / cohort 1533

Distance 655.04 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.077 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

2.994 days

Semi-major axis

0.0436 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

83.17 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.99 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0436 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.145 %

Duration

2.501 h

Impact parameter b

0.818

Rp / R★

0.107000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,597.6790

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,449 ppm lasting ≈ 2.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.107000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.890

Impact parameter (b)

0.818

RV semi-amplitude (K)

280.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,597.6790

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

0.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06660

Eq. Temperature

1,657K

(1384 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,890.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.077

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Gandolfi et al. 2010

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2010-12

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2010 at CoRoT (5 shown).

CoRoT-10 b · Gas Giant CoRoT-8 b · Neptune-like CoRoT-13 b · Neptune-like CoRoT-12 b · Gas Giant CoRoT-14 b · Gas Giant

Host System: CoRoT-11

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,440 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.370 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.270 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.220 dex

Stellar density

0.690 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-1.34 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

40.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

655.04 parsec

Light-years 2,136.44 ly

V-band magnitude

12.90 mag

Voyager-speed travel 37,676,161 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 13 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.501 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.582 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.92 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.184 · y = -0.977 · z = 0.103

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.68730° · Dec 5.93766°

Galactic ℓ, b

37.240° · 4.630°

Ecliptic λ, β

282.162° · 28.927°

HTM-20 index

1307336392