Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Detection method | Transit |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.0477 AU (7,140,000 km) |
Eccentricity | 0.16 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.6314 d |
Inclination | 85.7 |
Star | CoRoT-23 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.08 RJ |
Mass | 2.8MJ |
Temperature | 1509 K |
CoRoT-23b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011.
Host star
Main article: CoRoT-23CoRoT-23b orbits CoRoT-23 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a G0V star with an effective temperature of 5,900 K (5,630 °C; 10,160 °F), a mass of 1.14 M☉, a radius of 1.61 R☉, and a near-solar metallicity of 0.05±0.1. Its age is 6.2 - 8.2 Gyr.
Orbit
The planet may be in an unstable orbit and subject to a merger with the host star in the future.
Footnotes
References
- "Notes on CoRoT-23 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- "CoRoT-23 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ Rouan, D.; et al. (2012). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission . XIX. CoRoT-23b: A dense hot Jupiter on an eccentric orbit". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 537: A54. arXiv:1112.0584. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A..54R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117916. S2CID 55219945.
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