CoRoT-11b explained

COROT-11b
Discoverer:CoRoT space telescope
Discovery Method:Transit
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.04351AU[1]
Eccentricity:0
Inclination:81.41
Star:CoRoT-11
Mean Radius:1.43
Mass:2.33
Single Temperature:1593 K[2]

CoRoT-11b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.. 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). [3]

Host star

CoRoT-11b orbits the star CoRoT-11 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a F6V star with an effective temperature of K, a mass of, a radius of, and a near-solar metallicity of dex. It has an estimated age of Gyr.

References

Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notes on CoRoT-11 b . . February 25, 2019.
  2. Web site: COROT-11 Planets in the system . February 25, 2019.
  3. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2013/02/aa20081-12/aa20081-12.html