Astronomy:COROT-12b
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.04016 AU (6,008,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.07 |
| Orbital period | 2.828042 d |
| Inclination | 85.48 |
| Star | COROT-12 (ru) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 1.44 |♃|J}}}}}} |
| Mass | 0.917|♃|J}}}}}} |
| Physics | 1319 K[2] |
CoRoT-12b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope on 2010.
It is an hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a G2V star with Te = 5675K, M = 1.078M☉, R = 1.116R☉, and above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.2 and 9.4 Gyr.
References
- ↑ "Notes on CoRoT-12 b". http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot-12_b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "COROT-12 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-12%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
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