Astronomy:COROT-16b
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.0618 AU (9,250,000 km)[1] | |
Eccentricity | 0.33 |
Orbital period | 5.35227 d |
Inclination | 85.01 |
Star | COROT-16 (ru) |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.17 |♃|J}}}}}} |
Mass | 0.535|♃|J}}}}}} |
Physics | 1086 K[2] |
CoRoT-16b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope on 2011.[3]
It is an hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a G5V star with Te = 5650K, M = 1.098M☉, R = 1.19R☉, and above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.9 and 9.5 Gyr.
References
- ↑ "Notes on CoRoT-16 b". http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot-16_b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "COROT-16 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-16%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "NEW WORLDS ATLAS CoRoT-16 b". https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/newworldsatlas/1331/corot-16-b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.