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Uncommon exoplanet 26 EP

CoRoT-7 c

RA 100.9562° · Dec -1.0630° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
26 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Tidally locked +10
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Sub-Neptune +5
Total score 26

8 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Sub-Neptune · +5
  • Tidally locked · +10
  • Multi-planet system · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Hugging its star. It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
  • What it is made of. Too light to be solid rock and too heavy to be all gas: most likely a deep global ocean or a thick steamy envelope over a rocky core.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 3 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.7 you'll want a small backyard telescope.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Properties

density gcc
2.04
diameter km
36100.046
discovery facility
CoRoT
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2009
dist ly
521.543
eccentricity
0
eq temp k
1098.59
host star teff
5256
inclination
80
insolation
242.7184
mag
11.728
mass earth
8.4
name
CoRoT-7 c
orbital period days
3.698
radius earth
2.83
semi major au
0.046
spect
G9 V
sys num planets
3
sys num stars
1
tidally locked
yes
tidally locked inferred
yes

About CoRoT-7 c

CoRoT-7 c is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 521.5 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.73, has spectral type G9 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 1,099 K.

It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 11.73, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, CoRoT-7 c is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why CoRoT-7 c is an uncommon exoplanet

CoRoT-7 c scores 26 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Sub-Neptune, Tidally locked and Multi-planet system — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.