Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Detection method | Transit |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.0295 AU (4,410,000 km) |
Eccentricity | 0-0.08 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 1.9000693 d |
Inclination | 86.5 |
Star | CoRoT-18 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.31 RJ |
Mass | 3.47MJ |
Temperature | 1396 K |
CoRoT-18b is a transiting hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011. It orbits CoRoT-18 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a G9V star with an effective temperature of 5,440 K (5,170 °C; 9,330 °F), a mass of 0.95 M☉, a radius of 1.00 R☉, and a near-solar metallicity. Its age is unknown. A 2021 study utilizing the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect has determined the planetary orbit is probably aligned with the rotational axis of the star, with a misalignment equal to -10±20°.
References
- "Notes on CoRoT-18 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- "COROT-18 Planets in the system". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- Hébrard, G.; et al. (2011), "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 533: A130, arXiv:1107.2032, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117192
- "NEW WORLDS ATLAS CoRoT-18 b". Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- Albrecht, Simon; Winn, Joshua N.; Johnson, John A.; Howard, Andrew W.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul; Arriagada, Pamela; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Shectman, Stephen A.; Thompson, Ian B.; Hirano, Teruyuki; Bakos, Gaspar; Hartman, Joel D. (2012), "Obliquities of Hot Jupiter Host Stars: Evidence for Tidal Interactions and Primordial Misalignments", The Astrophysical Journal, 757: 18, arXiv:1206.6105, Bibcode:2012ApJ...757...18A, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/18, S2CID 17174530
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