Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

CoRoT-24 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange CoRoT-24, located approximately 1,929.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.42 g
  • An orbital period of 5.113 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0560 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,070 K (797 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,929.39 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.187
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,024,828 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around CoRoT-24

CoRoT-24 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
CoRoT-24 b this Sub-Neptune 3.70 5.70 5.113 1,070 2014
CoRoT-24 c Neptune-like 5.00 28.00 11.759 850 2014

CoRoT-24 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.330 R♃
Mass
5.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
0.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.42 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.187
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility CoRoT
Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#90of 1978

top 4.5%

This planet

3.70R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth CoRoT-24 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.422.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 5.700 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 36105482

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3105404467618982272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3105404467618982272

System

CoRoT-24

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.700 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.700 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.11 d · percentile 13 / cohort 1946
Distance 591.56 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.187 · percentile 5 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.113 days
Semi-major axis
0.0560 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.11 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0560 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.850 h

Impact parameter b

0.650

Rp / R★

0.037000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,789.6110

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.037000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.650

RV semi-amplitude (K)

2.100 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,789.6110

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09470

Eq. Temperature

1,070K

(797 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.187

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

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

Alonso et al. 2014

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2014-07

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2014 at CoRoT (3 shown).

Host System: CoRoT-24

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,950 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

11.00 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.30

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

1.949 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

51.37 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
591.56 parsec
Light-years 1,929.39 ly
V-band magnitude
15.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,024,828 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.016.616.59B15.38V15.18Gaia14.51TESS13.60J13.05H12.92K12.90W113.00W212.42W39.04W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.663 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.043 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.75 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.206 · y = 0.976 · z = -0.065

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 101.92254° · Dec -3.71929°

Galactic ℓ, b

215.817° · -2.528°

Ecliptic λ, β

103.327° · -26.609°

HTM-20 index

1708195915

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