CoRoT-14b explained

CoRoT-14b
Discoverer:CoRoT space telescope
Discovery Method:Transit
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.027AU[1]
Eccentricity:0
Period:1.51214 d
Inclination:79.6
Star:CoRoT-14
Mean Radius:1.09
Mass:7.6
Single Temperature:1781 K[2]

CoRoT-14b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.

Host star

CoRoT-14b orbits CoRoT-14 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is an F9V star with an effective temperature of 6035K, a mass of 1.13, a radius of 1.21, and a near-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 0.4 and 8.0 Gyr.

Characteristics

The planet is unusually dense (7.3 g/cm3) for its mass and distance from host star, making CoRoT-14b one of the densest gas giants known.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notes on CoRoT-14 b . . February 25, 2019.
  2. Web site: COROT-14 Planets in the system . February 25, 2019.
  3. Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XIII. CoRoT-14b: an unusually dense very hot Jupiter . . 528 . A97 . 10.1051/0004-6361/201015480 . 1101.1899 . Tingley . B. . Endl . M. . Gazzano . J. -C. . Alonso . R. . Mazeh . T. . Jorda . L. . Aigrain . S. . Almenara . J. -M. . Auvergne . M. . Baglin . A. . Barge . P. . Bonomo . A. S. . Bordé . P. . Bouchy . F. . Bruntt . H. . Cabrera . J. . Carpano . S. . Carone . L. . Cochran . W. D. . Csizmadia . Sz. . Deleuil . M. . Deeg . H. J. . Dvorak . R. . Erikson . A. . Ferraz-Mello . S. . Fridlund . M. . Gandolfi . D. . Gillon . M. . Guenther . E. W. . Guillot . T. . April 2011 . 56139010 . 29 .