CoRoT-11b

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COROT-11b
Discovery
Discovered by CoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.04351 AU (6,509,000 km) [1]
Eccentricity 0
2.99427803(49)  d [2]
Inclination 81.41
StarCoRoT-11
Physical characteristics
1.43 RJ
Mass 2.33 MJ
Temperature 1593 K [3]
    CoRoT-11 b beside Jupiter Exoplanet Comparison CoRoT-11 b.png
    CoRoT-11 b beside Jupiter

    CoRoT-11b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010. [4] From obtained light curves and Bayesian inference on the data, it is highly likely that CoRoT-11b has been observed in a secondary eclipse around its host star (transiting behind it). [5]

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    Host star

    CoRoT-11b orbits the star CoRoT-11 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a F6V star with an effective temperature of 6440±120 K, a mass of 1.270±0.050 M☉, a radius of 1.370±0.030 R☉, and a near-solar metallicity of −0.03±0.08 dex. [a] It has an estimated age of 2.0±1.0 Gyr. [6]

    References

    1. ↑ "Notes on CoRoT-11 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia . Retrieved February 25, 2019.
    2. ↑ Kokori, A.; et al. (14 February 2023). "ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 265 (1) 4. arXiv: 2209.09673 . Bibcode: 2023ApJS..265....4K . doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac9da4 . Vizier catalog entry
    3. ↑ "COROT-11 Planets in the system" . Retrieved February 25, 2019.
    4. ↑ Gandolfi, D.; et al. (23 November 2010). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XIV. CoRoT-11b: a transiting massive "hot-Jupiter" in a prograde orbit around a rapidly rotating F-type star". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 524 A55. arXiv: 1009.2597 . Bibcode: 2010A&A...524A..55G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015132 .
    5. ↑ https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2013/02/aa20081-12/aa20081-12.html
    6. ↑ Bonomo, A. S.; et al. (2017). "The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG: XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets⋆". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 602: A107. arXiv: 1704.00373 . doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629882. ISSN   0004-6361.

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ This means that the star has an iron content 1.07+0.22
      −0.18       times that of the Sun.


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