Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

CoRoT-25 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white CoRoT-25, located approximately 3,599.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 85.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.59 g
  • An orbital period of 4.861 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0578 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,330 K (1057 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,599.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.074
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 63,469,529 years

CoRoT-25 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.080 R♃
Mass
85.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.270 M♃
Density
0.15 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.59 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.074
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Transit
Facility CoRoT
Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1448of 1771

top 81.7%

This planet

12.11R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth CoRoT-25 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0085.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.151.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.592.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 85.810 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 130038122

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4285689616891369600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4285689616891369600

System

CoRoT-25

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.110 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1771
Mass 85.810 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.86 d · percentile 36 / cohort 1533
Distance 1,103.48 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.074 · percentile 15 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.861 days
Semi-major axis
0.0578 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.86 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0578 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

1.920 h

Impact parameter b

0.940

Rp / R★

0.085000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,576.2156

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.085000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.940

RV semi-amplitude (K)

29.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,576.2156

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05240

Eq. Temperature

1,330K

(1057 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.074

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

Almenara et al. 2013

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2013-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: CoRoT-25

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,040 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.190 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.310 dex

Stellar density

0.646 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-15.42 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,103.48 parsec
Light-years 3,599.07 ly
V-band magnitude
14.79 mag
Voyager-speed travel 63,469,529 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.715.915.90B14.79V14.71Gaia14.14TESS13.30J12.99H12.85K12.87W112.91W212.05W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.879 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.643 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.183 · y = -0.976 · z = 0.113

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.62966° · Dec 6.51382°

Galactic ℓ, b

37.730° · 4.941°

Ecliptic λ, β

282.152° · 29.506°

HTM-20 index

1177787144

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