CoRoT-5 b
Sign in to saveCoRoT-5b (previously named CoRoT-Exo-5b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the F-type star CoRoT-5. It was first reported by the CoRoT mission team in 2008 using the transit method. This planet has been confirmed by a Doppler follow-up study.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Pl
- Distance
- 2,828 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 101.2773° · Dec 0.8153°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Planet.name
- CoRoT-5b
- Planet.image
- Exoplanet Comparison CoRoT-5 b.png
- Planet.caption
- Size comparison of CoRoT-5b with Jupiter.
- Planet.discoverer
- CoRoT mission
- Planet.discovery_site
- Earth orbit
- Planet.discovered
- 2008
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit method
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.eccentricity
- 0.09
- Planet.period
- 4.03789 d
- Planet.star
- CoRoT-5
- Planet.mean_radius
- 1.388
- Planet.mass
- 0.467
via Wikipedia infobox
Exoplanet data
- Host star
- CoRoT-5
- Discovered
- 2009
- Discovered by
- CoRoT
- Orbital period
- 4.04 days
- Radius
- 15.56 × Earth
- Mass
- 148.42 × Earth
- Equilibrium temp
- 1438 K
- Distance
- 882.47 pc
via NASA Exoplanet Archive
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Properties and location
- See also
- References
- External links
CoRoT-5b (previously named CoRoT-Exo-5b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the F-type star CoRoT-5. It was first reported by the CoRoT mission team in 2008 using the transit method. This planet has been confirmed by a Doppler follow-up study.
==Properties and location== This planetary object is reported to be about half the mass of Jupiter but slightly larger in terms of radius at 0.467 and 1.388 .
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