CoRoT-17b
CoRoT-17b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope on 2011.[3]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0461 AU (6,900,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| 3.768125 d | |
| Inclination | 88.34 |
| Star | COROT-17 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.02 RJ |
| Mass | 2.43MJ |
| Temperature | 1486 K[2] |
It is an hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a G2V star with Te = 5740K, M = 1.04M☉, R = 1.59R☉, and near-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 9.7 and 11.7 Gyr.
References
- "Notes on CoRoT-17 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- "COROT-17 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- "NEW WORLDS ATLAS CoRoT-17 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
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