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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.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Pl
Distance
2,828 light-years
Coordinates
RA 101.2773° · Dec 0.8153°
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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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
star
Constellation
Monoceros
Parent body
CoRoT-5
Radius
1.33
Mass
0.467
Orbital period
4.0379148
Image
Exoplanet Comparison CoRoT-5 b.png
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catalog code
TIC 234112540b
discovery method
transit method
Commons category
CoRoT-5 b
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.04947
time of discovery or invention
2009-10-00
right ascension
101.27725286687377
declination
0.81525191342139
epoch
J2000.0
orbital eccentricity
0.09
argument of periapsis
231.7
orbital inclination
85.83
angular distance
0.000124
right ascension component of proper motion
-3.071
declination component of proper motion
-8.278
parallax
1.1054
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • 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 .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CoRoT-5 b” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.