CoRoT-11 b
thumb|right|alt=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. From obtained light curves and Bayesian inference on the data, it is highly likely that CoRoT-11b has been observed in a secondary eclipse around its host star (transiting behind it).
Exoplanet data
- Host star
- CoRoT-11
- Discovered
- 2010
- Discovered by
- CoRoT
- Orbital period
- 2.99 days
- Radius
- 16.03 × Earth
- Mass
- 740.51 × Earth
- Equilibrium temp
- 1657 K
- Distance
- 655.04 pc
via NASA Exoplanet Archive
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Radius
- +1.43
- Mass
- +2.33
- Orbital period
Article
3 sectionsContents
- Host star
- References
- Footnotes
thumb|right|alt=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. From obtained light curves and Bayesian inference on the data, it is highly likely that CoRoT-11b has been observed in a secondary eclipse around its host star (transiting behind it).
==Host star== CoRoT-11b orbits the star CoRoT-11 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a F6V star with an effective temperature of K, a mass of , a radius of , and a near-solar metallicity of dex. It has an estimated age of Gyr.