CoRoT-23b

CoRoT-23b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.0477 AU (7,140,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity0.16
3.6314 d
Inclination85.7
StarCoRoT-23
Physical characteristics
1.08 RJ
Mass2.8MJ
Temperature1509 K[2]

CoRoT-23b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011.

Host star

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CoRoT-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

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The planet may be in an unstable orbit and subject to a merger with the host star in the future.[3]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ This means that CoRoT-23 is 1.12+0.30
    −0.23
    times richer in iron than the Sun.

References

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  1. ^ "Notes on CoRoT-23 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "CoRoT-23 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. ^ 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.