CoRoT-16b
CoRoT-16b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope on 2011.[3][4]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0618 AU (9,250,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.33 |
| 5.35227 d | |
| Inclination | 85.01 |
| Star | COROT-16 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.17 RJ |
| Mass | 0.535MJ |
| Temperature | 1086 K[2] |
It is a hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a G5V star with Te = 5650K, M = 1.098M☉, R = 1.19R☉, and above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.9 and 9.5 Gyr.
References
- "Notes on CoRoT-16 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- "COROT-16 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- "NEW WORLDS ATLAS CoRoT-16 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission XXII. CoRoT-16b: a hot Jupiter with a hint of eccentricity around a faint solar-like star
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