COROT-11b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.04351 AU (6,509,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity0
2.99427803(49) d[2]
Inclination81.41
StarCoRoT-11 [ru]
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1.43 RJ
Mass2.33MJ
Temperature1593 K[3]
Comparison of best-fit size of the exoplanet CoRoT-11 b with the Solar System planet Jupiter
CoRoT-11 b beside Jupiter

CoRoT-11b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[4]

Host star

CoRoT-11b orbits the star CoRoT-11 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a F6V star with Te = 6343K, M = 1.27M☉, R = 1.36R☉, and nearly-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 1.0 and 3.0 Gyr.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Notes on CoRoT-11 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Kokori, A.; et al. (14 February 2023). "ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 265 (1) 4. arXiv:2209.09673. Bibcode:2023ApJS..265....4K. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac9da4. Vizier catalog entry
  3. ^ "COROT-11 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Gandolfi, D.; et al. (23 November 2010). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XIV. CoRoT-11b: a transiting massive "hot-Jupiter" in a prograde orbit around a rapidly rotating F-type star". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 524 A55. arXiv:1009.2597. Bibcode:2010A&A...524A..55G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015132.


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