CoRoT-23 explained

CoRoT-23 is a star located in the constellation Serpens at a distance of about 1956 light-years from us. At least one planet revolves around the star.

Characteristics

CoRoT-23 is a yellow dwarf main sequence star similar to our Sun. Its solar mass is 1.098 and its solar radius is 0.86.^[1] The surface temperature is about 5900 kelvin.

Planetary system

One planet has been discovered orbiting CoRoT-23, CoRoT-23b. ^[2]

The planet may be in an unstable orbit and subject to merger with the host star in the future.^[3]

Notes and References

1. E. Plavalova . 2011-08-17 . Taxonomy of the Extrasolar Planet . Astrobiology . 12 . 4 . 361–369 . 10.1089/ast.2011.0708 . 22506608 . 1106.0635 . 36142931 . en .
2. Web site: CoRoT-23 Planets in the system . February 25, 2019.
3. 2012A&A...537A..54R . Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission . XIX. CoRoT-23b: A dense hot Jupiter on an eccentric orbit . Rouan . D. . Parviainen . H. . Moutou . C. . Deleuil . M. . Fridlund . M. . Ofir . A. . Havel . M. . Aigrain . S. . Alonso . R. . Auvergne . M. . Baglin . A. . Barge . P. . Bonomo . A. S. . Bordé . P. . Bouchy . F. . Cabrera . J. . Cavarroc . C. . Csizmadia . Sz. . Deeg . H. J. . Diaz . R. F. . Dvorak . R. . Erikson . A. . Ferraz-Mello . S. . Gandolfi . D. . Gillon . M. . Guillot . T. . Hatzes . A. . Hébrard . G. . Jorda . L. . Léger . A. . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 2012 . 537 . A54 . 10.1051/0004-6361/201117916 . 1112.0584 . 55219945 . 1 .