CoRoT-22b
CoRoT-22b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.092 AU (13,800,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.077 |
| 9.75598 d | |
| Inclination | 89.749 |
| Star | COROT-22 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.4354 RJ |
| Mass | 0.06MJ |
| Temperature | 885 K[2] |
It is a hot and small (smaller than Uranus) gas giant planet orbiting a G0IV star with Te = 5939K, M = 1.099M☉, R = 1.136R☉, and above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age of between 1.3 and 5.3 Gyr.
References
- "Notes on CoRoT-22 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- "COROT-22 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
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