Astronomy:COROT-17b
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.0461 AU (6,900,000 km)[1] | |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital period | 3.768125 d |
Inclination | 88.34 |
Star | COROT-17 (ru) |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.02 |♃|J}}}}}} |
Mass | 2.43|♃|J}}}}}} |
Physics | 1486 K[2] |
CoRoT-17b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope on 2011.[3]
It is an hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a G2V star with Te = 5740K, M = 1.04M☉, R = 1.59R☉, and near-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 9.7 and 11.7 Gyr.
References
- ↑ "Notes on CoRoT-17 b". http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot-17_b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "COROT-17 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-17%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ "NEW WORLDS ATLAS CoRoT-17 b". https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/newworldsatlas/4932/corot-17-b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019.