CoRoT-15

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CoRoT-15
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Monoceros [1]
Right ascension 06h 28m 27.82246s [2]
Declination +06° 11 10.4519 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)16.00 [3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type F7V [4]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: -0.659  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: -3.173  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)0.7185 ± 0.0422  mas [2]
Distance 4,500 ± 300  ly
(1,390 ± 80  pc)
Orbit [4]
Period (P)3.06036±0.00003  d
Semi-major axis (a)0.045+0.014
−0.010
  AU
Eccentricity (e)0
Inclination (i)86.7+2.3
−3.2
°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
7.36±0.11 km/s
Details [4]
CoRoT-15A
Mass 1.32±0.12  M
Radius 1.46+0.31
−0.14
  R
Surface gravity (log g)4.3±0.2  cgs
Temperature 6350±200  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.1±0.2  dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)19±2 km/s
CoRoT-15b
Mass 63.3±4.1  MJup
Radius 1.12+0.30
−0.15
  RJup
Temperature 1740+120
−190
  K
Other designations
CoRoT-15, CoRoT 221686194, TIC  206893389, 2MASS J06282781+0611105 [3]
Database references
SIMBAD A
B
CoRoT-15, as seen in SpaceEngine CoRoT-15.png
CoRoT-15, as seen in SpaceEngine

CoRoT-15 is an eclipsing binary star system about 4,500 light-years (1,400 parsecs ) away in the constellation Monoceros, discovered by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010. It consists of an F7V star and an orbiting brown dwarf companion, which was one of the first transiting brown dwarfs to be discovered. [4]

CoRoT-15b, as seen in SpaceEngine CoRoT-15b.png
CoRoT-15b, as seen in SpaceEngine

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