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    CoRoT-8b is a transiting exoplanet orbiting the K-type main sequence star CoRoT-8 1,050 light years away in the equatorial constellation Aquila. The planet...
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  • CoRoT-20b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011. It is a hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting CoRoT-20. It is a young planet...
    5 KB (235 words) - 06:55, 23 May 2024
  • 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....
    5 KB (182 words) - 12:46, 2 August 2024
  • In astronomy, background commonly refers to the incoming light from an apparently empty part of the night sky. Even if no visible astronomical objects...
    3 KB (425 words) - 14:11, 3 June 2024
  • CoRoT-20c is a brown dwarf-massed substellar companion found by the HARPS radial-velocity search terrestrial telescope. CoRoT-20c orbits CoRoT-20, a G2V...
    4 KB (175 words) - 06:58, 23 May 2024
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    Spiral arms are a defining feature of spiral galaxies. They manifest as spiral-shaped regions of enhanced brightness within the galactic disc. Typically...
    50 KB (5,491 words) - 02:09, 2 September 2024