Astronomy:CoRoT-12b

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CoRoT-12b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.04016 AU (6,008,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity0.07
Orbital period2.828042 d
Inclination85.48
StarCoRoT-12 (ru)
Physical characteristics[3]
Mean radius1.81±0.21 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass0.917||J}}}}}}
Physics1319 K[2]


Comparison of size of Jupiter to CoRoT-12b

CoRoT-12b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[citation needed]

Host star

CoRoT-12b orbits CoRoT-12 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is 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.[citation needed]

References

  1. "Notes on CoRoT-12 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot_12_b--649/. 
  2. "COROT-12 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-12%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019. 
  3. Davoudi, F.; Poro, A.; Paki, E.; Mirshafie, P.; Ahangarani, F.; Farahani, A.; Roshana, M.; Abolhasani, F.; Zamanpour, Sh.; Lashgari, E.; Modarres, S.; Mohandes, A. (2020). "Radius Study of Ten Transiting Hot Jupiter Exoplanets with Ground-Based Observations". arXiv:2006.01591 [astro-ph.EP].