Astronomy:CoRoT-27b

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Short description: Exoplanet orbiting CoRoT-27
CoRoT-27b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT
Discovery date2014
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.0476
Eccentricity0.065
Orbital period3.6 d
StarCoRoT-27
Physical characteristics
Mean radius1.007 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass10.39 ||J}}}}}}


CoRoT-27b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 10.39 Jupiters, it takes 3.6 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.0476 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2014. [1][2]

References

  1. Parviainen, H. et al. (2014). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission XXV. CoRoT-27b: A massive and dense planet on a short-period orbit". Astronomy and Astrophysics 562: A140. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201323049. Bibcode2014A&A...562A.140P. 
  2. Parviainen, H.; Gandolfi, D.; Deleuil, M.; Moutou, C.; Deeg, H. J.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; Samuel, B.; Csizmadia, Sz et al. (1 February 2014). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission XXV. CoRoT-27b: a massive and dense planet on a short-period orbit". Astronomy & Astrophysics 562: A140. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201323049. Bibcode2014A&A...562A.140P.