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Common exoplanet 15 EP

CoRoT-7 d

RA 100.9562° · Dec -1.0630° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
15 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Neptune-like +4
Total score 15

7 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Neptune-like · +4
  • 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. Lighter than Neptune — a puffed-up ball of hydrogen and helium with no surface anywhere on it to stand on.
  • 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
1.18
diameter km
54979.222
discovery facility
La Silla Observatory
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2022
dist ly
521.543
host star teff
5250
mag
11.728
mass earth
17.142
name
CoRoT-7 d
orbital period days
8.966
radius earth
4.31
spect
G9 V
sys num planets
3
sys num stars
1

About CoRoT-7 d

CoRoT-7 d is a common exoplanet. It lies about 521.5 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.73, has spectral type G9 V and spans roughly 4.31 Earth radii.

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 d 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 d is a common exoplanet

CoRoT-7 d scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Neptune-like 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.