Astronomy:COROT-20b

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COROT-20b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.0902 AU (13,490,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity0.562
Orbital period9.24285 d
Inclination88.21
StarCOROT-20 (ru)
Physical characteristics
Mean radius0.84 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass4.24||J}}}}}}
Physics1002 K[2]


CoRoT-20b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope on 2011.

It is a hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a G2V star with Te = 5880K, M = 1.14M, R = 0.92R, and above-solar metallicity. It is a young planet, with an estimated age between 0.06 and 0.14 Gyr. Its density (8.87 g/cm3) is remarkably high for its mass, making COROT-20b one of the most compact gas giants.[3]

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