CoRoT-8b

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

COROT-8b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.063 AU (9,400,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity0
6.21229 d
Inclination88.4
StarCOROT-8
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
0.5692 RJ
Mass0.2158MJ
Temperature783 K[2]

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

    References

    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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