Astronomy:CoRoT-21b
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Short description: Extrasolar planet
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0417 AU (6,240,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Orbital period | 2.72474[1] d |
| Inclination | 86.8[1] |
| Star | CoRoT-21 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 1.3 |♃|J}}}}}} |
| Mass | 2.26|♃|J}}}}}} |
| Physics | 1857 K[2] |
CoRoT-21b is a transiting exoplanet reportedly found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011. Planetary parameters were published in 2012.[3]
It is an extremely hot Jupiter-like planet with an orbital period of 2.72 earth days. Its mass is equivalent to 2.26 Jupiter masses, 1.3 Jupiter radius, and has a density of 1.37 g/cm3.
The planet is experiencing an extreme tidal forces forcing its orbit to decay within 800 million years from now.[4]
Host star
CoRoT-21b orbits CoRoT-21 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a F8IV star with Te = 6200K, M = 1.29M☉, R = 1.945R☉, and near-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.6 and 4.6 Gyr.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Notes on CoRoT-21 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot_21_b--846/.
- ↑ "COROT-21 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-21%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Parviainen, H.; Deeg, H. J.; Belmonte, J. A. (2012), "Secondary eclipses in the CoRoT light curves", Astronomy & Astrophysics 550: A67, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220081
- ↑ Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission XXIII. CoRoT-21b: a doomed large Jupiter around a faint subgiant star
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