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Table 2

CoRoT-7 system parameters.

Eccentric Circular
adopted

Planet orbital period, P [days] 0.85359163 ± 5.8e-7 0.85359159 ± 5.7e-7
Mid-transit time, Tc [BJD] 2 454 398.07741 ± 6.9e-4 2 454 398.07756
cov(P,Tc) [days2] –2.37× 10-10 –2.02× 10-10
Orbital eccentricity, e 0.137< 0.32
Argument of periastron, ω [deg] 81 ± 30
Orbit inclination, i [deg] 81.20 80.78
Orbital semi-major axis, a [AU] 0.017027 0.017016
semi-major axis/radius of the star, a/R 4.469 4.484 ± 0.070
Radius ratio, k = Rp/R 0.01721 ± 0.00060 0.01784 ± 0.00047
Linear limb darkening coefficient, ua 0.517 ± 0.015 0.515 ± 0.014
Quadratic limb darkening coefficient, ub 0.187 ± 0.010 0.188 ± 0.011
Transit duration, T14 [h] 1.049 1.059 ± 0.026
Impact parameter, b 0.594 0.713
Radial velocity semi-amplitude, K [m s-1] 3.85 ± 0.60 3.94 ± 0.57
Effective temperature, Teff[K] 5267 ± 60 5259 ± 58
Metallicity, [ Fe / H ] [dex] 0.137 ± 0.059 0.138 ± 0.061
Stellar Density, ρ [ρ] 1.665 ± 0.080 1.671 ± 0.073
Star mass, M [M] 0.915 ± 0.019 0.913 ± 0.017
Star radius, R [R] 0.818 ± 0.016 0.820 ± 0.019
Deduced stellar surface gravity, log g [cgs] 4.572 ± 0.011 4.573 ± 0.011
Age of the star [Gyr] 1.32 ± 0.76 1.32 ± 0.75
Planet mass, Mp [M ] 5.55 ± 0.85 5.74 ± 0.86
Planet radius, Rp[R] 1.528 ± 0.065 1.585 ± 0.064
Planet mean density, ρp [gcm-3] 8.1 ± 1.6 7.5 ± 1.4
Planet surface gravity, log gp [cgs] 3.348 ± 0.068 3.332 ± 0.065
Planet equilibrium temperature, Teq [K] 1759 ± 30 1756 ± 27

Distance of the system [pc] 154.2 ± 4.7 153.7 ± 4.5

Adopted planet mass, Mp [M ] 4.73 ± 0.95 (Haywood et al. 2014)
Adopted planet mean density, ρp [gcm-3] 6.59 ± 1.5 (Haywood et al. 2014)

Notes.

(•)

MCMC jump parameter.

(†)

Upper limit, 99% confidence.

(∗)

, using an albedo A = 0.

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