CoRoT-4 explained

CoRoT-4 (formerly known as CoRoT-Exo-4^[1]) is a yellow-white dwarf main-sequence star in the constellation Monoceros.^[2]

Planetary system

The star is orbited by one known extrasolar planet, designated CoRoT-4b. It was catalogued as part of the CoRoT mission to find transiting planets, when a planet was spotted using the transit method.^[3]

See also

• List of extrasolar planets

External links

• Web site: CoRot-4. Exoplanets. 2009-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222320/http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=CoRot-4. 2016-03-03. dead.

Notes and References

1. Change in CoRoT planets names. Schneider, J.. 2009-03-10. 2009-03-19. Exoplanets. dead. https://archive.today/20100118162658/http://listes.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/wws/arc/exoplanets/2009-03/msg00003.html. 2010-01-18.
2. CoRoT-4 . 2009-04-27 .
3. 2008A&A...488L..43A. Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters. Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission IV. CoRoT-Exo-4b: a transiting planet in a 9.2 day synchronous orbit. Aigrain, S.. 2008. 488. 2. L43–L46. 10.1051/0004-6361:200810246. 0807.3767 . 115916135. etal.