CoRoT-5b explained
| CoRoT-5b |
| Discoverer: | CoRoT mission |
| Discovery Site: | Earth orbit |
| Discovered: | 2008 |
| Discovery Method: | Transit method |
| Apsis: | astron |
| Semimajor: | 0.0495AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.09 |
| Period: | 4.03789 d |
| Star: | CoRoT-5 |
| Mean Radius: | 1.388 |
| Mass: | 0.467 |
CoRoT-5b (previously named CoRoT-Exo-5b)[1] is an extrasolar planet orbiting the F-type star CoRoT-5. It was first reported by the CoRoT mission team in 2008 using the transit method.[2] This planet has been confirmed by a Doppler follow-up study.[3]
Properties and location
This planetary object is reported to be about half the mass of Jupiter but slightly larger in terms of radius[4] at 0.467 and 1.388 .
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Notes and References
- 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.
- Baglin. CoRoT: Description of the Mission and Early Results. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 4. 2008. 71–81. 10.1017/S1743921308026252. Auvergne. Michel. Barge. Pierre. Deleuil. Magali. Michel. Eric . etal. free.
- Radial velocity follow-up for confirmation and characterization of transiting exoplanets. 0902.3520. F. . Bouchy. C. . Moutou. D. . Queloz. the CoRoT Exoplanet Science Team. February 2009. astro-ph.EP.
- Web site: H. Rauer, M. Fridlund . CoRoT's exoplanet harvest . First CoRoT International Symposium . 2009 . 2009-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720154523/http://www.colloquium.eu/congres/09COROT/docs/slides/03mardi/11h/h_rauer/alancer.pdf . 2011-07-20 .
