CoRoT-8b

COROT-8b
Discovery
Discovered by	CoRoT space telescope
Detection method	Transit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.063 AU (9,400,000 km)
Eccentricity	0
Orbital period (sidereal)	6.21229 d
Inclination	88.4
Star	COROT-8 [ru]
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	0.5692 RJ
Mass	0.2158MJ
Temperature	783 K

CoRoT-8b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.

It is a hot Neptune-sized planet orbiting a K1V star with T_e = 5080K, M = 0.88M_☉, R = 0.77R_☉, above solar metallicity. It has an estimated age below 3.0 Gyr.

References

^ "Notes on CoRoT-8 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
^ "COROT-8 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.

[EU-1] "Notes on CoRoT-8 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.

[2] "COROT-8 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.

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