Astronomy:COROT-20b
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.0902 AU (13,490,000 km)[1] | |
Eccentricity | 0.562 |
Orbital period | 9.24285 d |
Inclination | 88.21 |
Star | COROT-20 (ru) |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.84 |♃|J}}}}}} |
Mass | 4.24|♃|J}}}}}} |
Physics | 1002 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]
See also
References
- ↑ "Notes on CoRoT-20 b". http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot-20_b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "COROT-20 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-20%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission⋆ XX. CoRoT-20b: A very high density, high eccentricity transiting giant planet". https://arxiv.org/pdf/1109.3203.pdf. Retrieved February 25, 2019.