CoRoT-8

Display orbital revolution around the star CoRoT-8
Imaginary Picture of Star CoRoT-8
Star Name : CoRoT-8
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1239.3928 (LY) 380.0000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.7700 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.8800 (Msun/observed) 0.8800 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : K1V
Metalicity : 0.3000
Absolute Magnitude : 6.90
Apparent Magnitude : 14.80
Right Ascension(RA) : 291.58851
Declination(DEC) : 1.42667
  • This is the CoRoT-8 . The star CoRoT-8 islocated about 1239.4 light-years (380.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star CoRoT-8 has apparent magnitude of 14.8, with absolute magnitude of 6.9.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5080 with its spectral types of K1V
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet CoRoT-8 b radius 0.569200 mass 0.215800 orbital distance 0.063000
    (Illustration of the CoRoT-8's Planetary System)



    The Star CoRoT-8 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.430 AU ( 64398575.7 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.595 AU ( 89015661.0 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.907 AU ( 135640168.2 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.334 AU ( 199600449.5 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star CoRoT-8)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 0.464 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 0.587 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 0.567 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 0.622 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 1.061 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 1.119 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star CoRoT-8)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 0.459 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 0.605 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 0.608 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 1.079 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star CoRoT-8 distance : 1.122 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star CoRoT-8)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star CoRoT-8 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star CoRoT-8 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star *)
    *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