Imaginary Picture of CoRoT-10 b

Display orbital revolution of CoRoT-10 b around the hoststar CoRoT-10
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Exoplanet Name : CoRoT-10 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.9700 (Rjup) 10.8727 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 2.7500 (Mjup) 874.3295 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.1055 (AU) 0.1055 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.5300
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0362
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 13.24 (Days Obs.) 13.27 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 7.3960
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 45614.0 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 652.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 612.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 495.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 775.7 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 728.4 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : CoRoT-10
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 1125.2
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.0 (GY)
Temperature : 5075 (K)
Spectral type : K1V
UV portion[%]: 3.7
Visible portion[%]: 38.0
IR portion[%]: 58.2
Metalicity : 0.3
Absolute Magnitude: 7.5
Apparent Magnitude: 15.2
Right Ascension(RA) 291.0637
Declination (DEC) 0.7461
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors CUTRI R.M.; SKRUTSKIE M.F.; VAN DYK S.; BEICHMAN C.A.; CARPENTER J.M.; CHESTER T.; CAMBRESY L.; EVANS T.; FOWLER J.; GIZIS J.; HOWARD E.; HUCHRA J.; JARRETT T.; KOPAN E.L.; KIRKPATRICK J.D.; LIGHT R.M.; MARSH K.A.; McCALLON H.; SCHNEIDER S.; STIENING R.; SYKES M.; WEINBERG M.; WHEATON W.A.; WHEELOCK S.; ZACARIAS N.
Discovery Paper - Title 2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=CoRoT-10+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-10%20b/
CoRoT-10 b
CoRoT-10 b

  • CoRoT-10 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star CoRoT-10, located about 1125.2 light-years (345.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2010.
  • The host star CoRoT-10 has apparent magnitude of 15.2, with absolute magnitude of 7.5.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5075 with its spectral types of K1V
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet CoRoT-10 b orbits around the star CoRoT-10 every 13.2 days with its orbital distance of 0.11 AU ( 15782575.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of CoRoT-10 b around its host star CoRoT-10)


  • The Star CoRoT-10 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.441 AU ( 65941268.4 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.609 AU ( 91148065.5 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.928 AU ( 138889480.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.366 AU ( 204381955.3 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of CoRoT-10 b : 45614.01 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star CoRoT-10)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 0.475 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 0.602 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 0.581 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 0.638 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 1.087 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 1.147 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star CoRoT-10)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 0.470 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 0.620 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 0.622 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 1.105 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star CoRoT-10 distance : 1.150 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star CoRoT-10)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star CoRoT-10 and its Exoplanet CoRoT-10 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star CoRoT-10 and its Exoplanet CoRoT-10 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star CoRoT-10*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102