CoRoT-12b
Hot Jupiter
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CoRoT-12b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[4]
Comparison of size of Jupiter to CoRoT-12b. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.04016 AU (6,008,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.07 |
| 2.828042 d | |
| Inclination | 85.48 |
| Star | CoRoT-12 |
| Physical characteristics[2] | |
| 1.81±0.21 RJ | |
| Mass | 0.917MJ |
| Temperature | 1319 K[3] |
Host star
CoRoT-12b orbits CoRoT-12 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a G2V star with an effective temperature of 5,675 K (5,402 °C; 9,755 °F), a mass of 1.078 M☉, a radius of 1.116 R☉, and an above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.2 and 9.4 Gyr.[4]
