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CoRoT-12b

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CoRoT-12b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.04016 AU (6,008,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity0.07
2.828042 d
Inclination85.48
StarCoRoT-12
Physical characteristics[2]
1.81±0.21 RJ
Mass0.917MJ
Temperature1319 K[3]
Comparison of size of Jupiter to CoRoT-12b

CoRoT-12b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[4]

Host star

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CoRoT-12b orbits CoRoT-12 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a G2V star with an effective temperature of 5,675 K (5,402 °C; 9,755 °F), a mass of 1.078 M, a radius of 1.116 R, and an above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.2 and 9.4 Gyr.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Notes on CoRoT-12 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Davoudi, F.; Poro, A.; Paki, E.; Mirshafie, P.; Ahangarani, F.; Farahani, A.; Roshana, M.; Abolhasani, F.; Zamanpour, Sh.; Lashgari, E.; Modarres, S.; Mohandes, A. (2020). "Radius Study of Ten Transiting Hot Jupiter Exoplanets with Ground-Based Observations". arXiv:2006.01591 [astro-ph.EP].
  3. ^ "COROT-12 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Gillon, M.; et al. (October 2010). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 520 (A97). arXiv:1007.2497. Bibcode:2010A&A...520A..97G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014981. S2CID 67815327.