CoRoT-10b
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.1055 AU (15,780,000 km)[1] | |
Eccentricity | 0.53 |
13.2406 d | |
Inclination | 88.55 |
Star | COROT-10 |
Physical characteristics | |
0.97 RJ | |
Mass | 2.75MJ |
Temperature | 601 K[2] |
CoRoT-10b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.
It is an Jupiter-sized planet orbiting K1V star with Te = 5075K, M = 0.89M☉, R = 0.79R☉, above solar metallicity. It has an estimated age below 3.0 Gyr.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/COROT-10b_render.png/300px-COROT-10b_render.png)
References
- ^ "Notes on CoRoT-10 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "COROT-10 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ Miller, Neil; Fortney, Jonathan J. (2011). "The Heavy-Element Masses of Extrasolar Giant Planets, Revealed". The Astrophysical Journal. 736 (2): L29. arXiv:1105.0024. Bibcode:2011ApJ...736L..29M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/736/2/L29.