Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

CoRoT-14 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white CoRoT-14, located approximately 5,690.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,415.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 16.18 g
  • An orbital period of 1.512 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0270 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,952 K (1679 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 5,690.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.078
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 100,345,218 years

CoRoT-14 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.090 R♃
Mass
2,415.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.600 M♃
Density
7.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
16.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.078
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Transit
Facility CoRoT
Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1401of 1771

top 79.1%

This planet

12.22R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth CoRoT-14 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,415.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.517.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0016.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,415.400 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 282706928

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3101145195794755072

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3101145195794755072

System

CoRoT-14

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.220 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,415.400 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1.51 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,744.60 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.078 · percentile 17 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.512 days
Semi-major axis
0.0270 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
79.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.51 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0270 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

1.662 h

Impact parameter b

0.860

Rp / R★

0.092500

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,787.6694

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.092500

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.780

Impact parameter (b)

0.860

RV semi-amplitude (K)

1,230.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,787.6694

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.01550

Eq. Temperature

1,952K

(1679 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.078

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — 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

Tingley et al. 2011

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2011-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: CoRoT-14

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,035 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.210 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.130 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

0.910 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

9.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,744.60 parsec
Light-years 5,690.12 ly
V-band magnitude
15.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 100,345,218 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

9.117.017.01B15.93V15.81Gaia15.21TESS15.67Sloan r14.32J14.01H13.81K13.68W113.73W212.03W39.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.547 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.604 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.231 · y = 0.968 · z = -0.096

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 103.42420° · Dec -5.53604°

Galactic ℓ, b

218.118° · -2.021°

Ecliptic λ, β

105.207° · -28.269°

HTM-20 index

455237017

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