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 |
| Physical characteristics[3] | |
| Mean radius | 1.81±0.21 |♃|J}}}}}} |
| Mass | 0.917|♃|J}}}}}} |
| Physics | 1319 K[2] |
CoRoT-12b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[4]
Host star
CoRoT-12b orbits CoRoT-12 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a G2V star with an effective temperature of 5,675 K (5,402 °C; 9,755 °F), a mass of 1.078 M☉, a radius of 1.116 R☉, and an above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.2 and 9.4 Gyr.[4]
References
- ↑ "Notes on CoRoT-12 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot_12_b--649/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "COROT-12 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-12%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ 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].
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gillon, M. et al. (October 2010). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star". Astronomy & Astrophysics 520 (A97). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014981. Bibcode: 2010A&A...520A..97G.
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