CoRoT-7c
CoRoT-7c is an extrasolar planet which orbits the G-type main sequence star CoRoT-7, located approximately 489 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. It is either a super-Earth or a Neptune-like planet, orbiting at 0.046 AU from the star, taking 3.7 days or 89 hours to make one round trip around the star.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Queloz et al. |
| Discovery site | La Silla Observatory, Chile |
| Discovery date | August 24, 2009 |
| Radial Velocity (HARPS) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.046 AU (6,900,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| 3.698 ± 0.003 d | |
| Semi-amplitude | unknown |
| Star | CoRoT-7 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | unknown ME |
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