Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

CoRoT-29 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange CoRoT-29, located approximately 2,630.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.09 Earth radii
  • A mass of 270.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.65 g
  • An orbital period of 2.851 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0386 AU
  • Distance from Earth 2,630.47 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.406
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,388,353 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

CoRoT-29 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.09 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.900 R♃
Mass
270.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.850 M♃
Density
1.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.65 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.406
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility CoRoT
Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1765of 1771

top 99.6%

This planet

10.09R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth CoRoT-29 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.0911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00270.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.652.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 270.156 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 370736259

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4285073581136130560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4285073581136130560

System

CoRoT-29

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.088 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1771
Mass 270.156 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.85 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1533
Distance 806.51 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.406 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.851 days
Semi-major axis
0.0386 AU
Eccentricity
0.082
Inclination
87.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.85 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0386 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.190 h

Impact parameter b

0.430

Rp / R★

0.102800

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,753.1150

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.102800

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.220

Impact parameter (b)

0.430

RV semi-amplitude (K)

125.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,753.1150

Long. of periastron (ω)

87.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04790

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.406

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data. 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

Cabrera et al. 2015

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2015-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: CoRoT-29

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,260 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

1.825 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

3.50 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
806.51 parsec
Light-years 2,630.47 ly
V-band magnitude
15.41 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,388,353 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.116.616.59B15.41V15.24Gaia14.54TESS13.57J13.12H13.05K11.96W112.11W212.38W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.216 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.855 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.37 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.154 · y = -0.982 · z = 0.113

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 278.90207° · Dec 6.47957°

Galactic ℓ, b

36.923° · 6.459°

Ecliptic λ, β

280.182° · 29.605°

HTM-20 index

1766247757

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