CoRoT-12b explained

CoRoT-12b
Discoverer:CoRoT space telescope
Discovery Method:Transit
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.04016AU[1]
Eccentricity:0.07
Period:2.828042 d
Inclination:85.48
Star:CoRoT-12
Physical Ref:[2]
Mean Radius:1.81
Mass:0.917
Single Temperature:1319 K[3]

CoRoT-12b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.

Host star

CoRoT-12b orbits CoRoT-12 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a G2V star with an effective temperature of 5675K, a mass of 1.078, a radius of 1.116, and an above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.2 and 9.4 Gyr.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notes on CoRoT-12 b . . February 25, 2019.
  2. 2006.01591. Davoudi. F.. Poro. A.. Paki. E.. Mirshafie. P.. Ahangarani. F.. Farahani. A.. Roshana. M.. Abolhasani. F.. Zamanpour. Sh.. Lashgari. E.. Modarres. S.. Mohandes. A.. Radius Study of Ten Transiting Hot Jupiter Exoplanets with Ground-Based Observations. 2020. astro-ph.EP.
  3. Web site: COROT-12 Planets in the system . February 25, 2019.
  4. Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star . . 520 . A97 . 10.1051/0004-6361/201014981 . 1007.2497 . 2010A&A...520A..97G . Gillon . M. . Hatzes . A. . Csizmadia . Sz. . Fridlund . M. . Deleuil . M. . Aigrain . S. . Alonso . R. . Auvergne . M. . Baglin . A. . Barge . P. . Bonomo . A. S. . Bordé . P. . Bouchy . F. . Bruntt . H. . Cabrera . J. . Carpano . S. . Carone . L. . Cochran . W. D.. Carpano . S. . Deeg . H. J. . Dvorak . R. . Endl . M. . Erikson. A. . Ferraz-Mello . S. . Gazzano . J.C. . Gillon . M. . Guenther . E. W. . Guillot . T. . Havel . M. . Hébrard . G. . Jorda . L. . Léger . A. . Llebaria . A. . Lammer . H. . Lovis . C. . Mayor . M. . Mazeh . T. . Montalbán . J. . Moutou . C. . Ofir . A. . Ollivier . M. . Pätzold . M.. Pepe . F. . Quelo . D. . Rauer. H.. Rouan. D. . Samuel . B. . Santerne . A. . Schneider . J. . Tingley . B. . Udry . S. . Weingrill . J. . Wuchterl . G. . October 2010 . 67815327 . 1.