Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 13.11 Earth radii
A mass of 170.03 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 0.99 g
An orbital period of 5.352 days
Semi-major axis 0.0618 AU
Distance from Earth 2,388.80 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.287
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 42,126,413 years

CoRoT-16 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

13.11 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.170 R♃

Mass

170.03 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.535 M♃

Density

0.44 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.287

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2011

Method Transit

Facility CoRoT

Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#908of 1771

top 51.2%

This planet

13.11R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-40 b 13.11 R⊕ TOI-677 b 13.11 R⊕ HAT-P-29 b 13.11 R⊕

Metric	Earth	CoRoT-16 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	13.11	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	170.03	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	0.44	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	0.99	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	170.032 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 218299481

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4256135160951556480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4256135160951556480

System

CoRoT-16

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.110 R⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1771

Mass 170.032 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 5.35 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1533

Distance 732.41 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.287 · percentile 54 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

5.352 days

Semi-major axis

0.0618 AU

Eccentricity

0.330

Inclination

85.01 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.35 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.0618 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.020 %

Duration

2.390 h

Impact parameter b

0.825

Rp / R★

0.101000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,923.9138

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,200 ppm lasting ≈ 2.39 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.101000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.825

RV semi-amplitude (K)

61.960 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,923.9138

Long. of periastron (ω)

168.41°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08440

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.287

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Ollivier et al. 2012

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2012-05

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2011 at CoRoT (5 shown).

CoRoT-20 b · Neptune-like CoRoT-17 b · Gas Giant CoRoT-18 b · Gas Giant CoRoT-23 b · Gas Giant CoRoT-19 b · Gas Giant

Host System: CoRoT-16

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,650 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.73 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.190 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.098 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.360 dex

Stellar density

0.930 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

1.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance

732.41 parsec

Light-years 2,388.80 ly

V-band magnitude

16.05 mag

Voyager-speed travel 42,126,413 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 9 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.341 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.098 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.147 · y = -0.984 · z = -0.105

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 278.52467° · Dec -6.00260°

Galactic ℓ, b

25.614° · 1.101°

Ecliptic λ, β

278.872° · 17.174°

HTM-20 index

-792730616