CoRoT-11b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[4]
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.04351 AU (6,509,000 km)[1] | |
Eccentricity | 0 |
2.99427803(49) d[2] | |
Inclination | 81.41 |
Star | CoRoT-11 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.43 RJ |
Mass | 2.33MJ |
Temperature | 1593 K[3] |
Host star
CoRoT-11b orbits the star CoRoT-11 in the constellation of Serpens. It is a F6V star with Te = 6343K, M = 1.27M☉, R = 1.36R☉, and nearly-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 1.0 and 3.0 Gyr.[citation needed]