Imaginary Picture of CoRoT-22 b

Display orbital revolution of CoRoT-22 b around the hoststar CoRoT-22
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Exoplanet Name : CoRoT-22 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 0.4354 (Rjup) 4.8804 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.0600 (Mjup) 19.0763 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0920 (AU) 0.0920 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0770
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0267
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 9.76 (Days Obs.) 9.72 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.8009
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 232615.8 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 980.2 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 920.5 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 744.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1165.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1094.6 (K)
Size Class: Neptune-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection : Radial Velocity
Radius Detection : Primary Transit
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : CoRoT-22
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 1930.8
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 1.1 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 1.1 (Msun Measured) 1.1 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 3.3 (GY)
Temperature : 5939 (K)
Spectral type : G0IV
UV portion[%]: 0.3
Visible portion[%]: 1.5
IR portion[%]: 98.2
Metalicity : 0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 3.1
Apparent Magnitude: 11.9
Right Ascension(RA) 280.6671
Declination (DEC) 6.2250
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-22+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-22%20b/
CoRoT-22 b
CoRoT-22 b

  • CoRoT-22 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star CoRoT-22, located about 1930.8 light-years (592.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2011.
  • The host star CoRoT-22 has apparent magnitude of 11.9, with absolute magnitude of 3.1.
  • It is 1.1 times more massive and 1.1 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5939 with its spectral types of G0IV
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet CoRoT-22 b orbits around the star CoRoT-22 every 9.8 days with its orbital distance of 0.09 AU ( 13763004.1 km)
  • (Projected orbit of CoRoT-22 b around its host star CoRoT-22)


  • The Star CoRoT-22 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.868 AU ( 129856320.9 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.200 AU ( 179495371.1 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.828 AU ( 273511223.3 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 2.690 AU ( 402483746.8 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of CoRoT-22 b : 232615.75 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star CoRoT-22)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 0.891 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 1.128 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 1.090 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 1.194 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 1.984 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 2.093 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star CoRoT-22)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 0.895 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 1.159 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 1.184 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 2.019 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star CoRoT-22 distance : 2.100 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star CoRoT-22)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star CoRoT-22 and its Exoplanet CoRoT-22 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star CoRoT-22 and its Exoplanet CoRoT-22 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star CoRoT-22*)
    *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