Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.0477 AU (7,140,000 km) [1] | |
Eccentricity | 0.16 |
3.6314 d | |
Inclination | 85.7 |
Star | CoRoT-23 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.08 RJ |
Mass | 2.8MJ |
Temperature | 1509 K [2] |
CoRoT-23b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011.
CoRoT-23b orbits CoRoT-23 in the constellation of Serpens.It is a G0V star with Te = 5900K, M = 1.14M☉, R = 1.61R☉, and near-solar metallicity. Its age is 6.2 - 8.2 Gyr.
The planet may be in an unstable orbit and subject to merger with the host star in the future. [3]
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