CoRoT-23b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0477 AU (7,140,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.16 |
| 3.6314 d | |
| Inclination | 85.7 |
| Star | CoRoT-23 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.08 RJ | |
| Mass | 2.8MJ |
| Temperature | 1509 K[2] |
Host star
editCoRoT-23b orbits CoRoT-23 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a G0V star with an effective temperature of 5,900 K (5,630 °C; 10,160 °F), a mass of 1.14 M☉, a radius of 1.61 R☉, and a near-solar metallicity of 0.05±0.1.[a] Its age is 6.2 - 8.2 Gyr.[3]
Orbit
editThe planet may be in an unstable orbit and subject to a merger with the host star in the future.[3]
Footnotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Notes on CoRoT-23 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "CoRoT-23 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ a b Rouan, D.; et al. (2012). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission . XIX. CoRoT-23b: A dense hot Jupiter on an eccentric orbit". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 537: A54. arXiv:1112.0584. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A..54R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117916. S2CID 55219945.
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