\begin{table}%t1 \par \caption{\label{model_param_table}Parameters adopted for the spot modelling of CoRoT-4a.} %\centerline { \small\begin{tabular}{lrr} \hline\hline Parameter & & Ref.$^{a}$\\ \hline Star Mass ($M_{\odot}$) & 1.16 & A08 \\ Star Radius ($R_{\odot}$) & 1.17 & A08 \\ $T_{\rm eff}$ (K) & 6190 & M08 \\ $a_{\rm p}$ & 0.334 & L09 \\ $b_{\rm p}$ & 1.032 & L09 \\ $c_{\rm p}$ & --0.381 & L09 \\ $P_{\rm rot}$ (d) & 9.20205 & A08 \\ $\epsilon$ & $1.10 \times 10^{-4}$ & L09 \\ Inclination (deg) & 90.0 & A08 \\ $c_{\rm s}$ & 0.681 & L09 \\ $c_{\rm f}$ & 0.115 & L04 \\ $Q$ & 4.5 & L08 \\ $\Delta t_{\rm f}$ (d) & 8.24037 & L09 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} ~\\ $^{a}$ References: A08: Aigrain et~al. (2008); M08: Moutou et~al. (2008); L04: Lanza et~al. (2004); L09: present study. \end{table}