CoRoT-22b explained

CoRoT-22b
Discoverer:CoRoT space telescope
Discovery Method:Transit
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.092AU[1]
Eccentricity:0.077
Period:9.75598 d
Inclination:89.749
Star:CoRoT-22
Mean Radius:0.4354
Mass:0.06
Single Temperature:885 K[2]

CoRoT-22b is a transiting exoplanet smaller than Uranus found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011 and confirmed in 2014.

Host star

CoRoT-22b orbits CoRoT-22 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a G3V star with an effective temperature of 5939K, a mass of 1.099, a radius of 1.136, and an above-solar metallicity of +0.170. It has an estimated age of between 1.3 and 5.3 Gyr.

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Notes on CoRoT-22 b . . February 25, 2019.
  2. Web site: COROT-22 Planets in the system . February 25, 2019.