CoRoT-8

CoRoT-8 is a star in the constellation Aquila at a distance of about 1239 light-years from us. At least one planet revolves around the star.

CoRoT-8
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Aquila
Right ascension 19h 26m 21.26s
Declination +01° 25′ 34.67″
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence star
Spectral type K3V
Variable type planetary transit
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 13.5768 ± 0.0475751 mas/yr
Dec.: -32.7832 ± 0.0418883 mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.07662 ± 0.0259729 mas
Details
Mass0.868 M☉
Radius0.563398 R☉
Luminosity-0.6988087 L☉
Temperature5143 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.22 ± 0.11 Fe dex
Age1.7 Gyr

CoRoT-8 is an orange dwarf which has 0.88 solar masses and 0.77 solar radius.[1] By astronomical standards, this is already a rather young star compared to the Sun: its age is about 3 billion years. It got its name in honor of the CoRoT space telescope, with the help of which its planetary companion was discovered.

In 2010, a group of astronomers working within the CoRoT program announced the discovery of the planet CoRoT-8b in this system. It is a hot gas giant, similar in mass and size to Saturn. The planet orbits at a distance of about 0.06 AU. e. from the parent star, while making a complete revolution in 6.21 days.[2][3][4]

The CoRoT-8 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(days)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 0.218 ± 0.034 MJ 0.0636 ± 0.0014 6.212445 ± 0.000007 0.19 — —

References
  1. P. Bordé, F. Bouchy, M. Deleuil, J. Cabrera, L. Jorda, C. Lovis, S. Csizmadia, S. Aigrain, J. M. Almenara, R. Alonso, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, P. Barge, W. Benz, A. S. Bonomo, H. Bruntt, L. Carone, S. Carpano, H. Deeg, R. Dvorak, A. Erikson, S. Ferraz-Mello, M. Fridlund, D. Gandolfi, J.-C. Gazzano, M. Gillon, E. Guenther, T. Guillot, P. Guterman, A. Hatzes, M. Havel, G. Hébrard, H. Lammer, A. Léger, M. Mayor, T. Mazeh, C. Moutou, M. Pätzold, F. Pepe, M. Ollivier, D. Queloz, H. Rauer, D. Rouan, B. Samuel, A. Santerne, J.Schneider, B. Tingley, S. Udry, J. Weingrill, G. Wuchterl (2010-08-02). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 520: A66. arXiv:1008.0325. Bibcode:2010A&A...520A..66B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014775. S2CID 56357511.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Bordé, P.; et al. (September 2010). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XI. CoRoT-8b: a hot and dense sub-Saturn around a K1 dwarf". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 520: A66. arXiv:1008.0325. Bibcode:2010A&A...520A..66B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014775. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 56357511.
  3. Raetz, St; Heras, A. M.; Fernández, M.; Casanova, V.; Marka, C. (February 2019). "Transit analysis of the CoRoT-5, CoRoT-8, CoRoT-12, CoRoT-18, CoRoT-20, and CoRoT-27 systems with combined ground- and space-based photometry". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483 (1): 824–839. arXiv:1812.01536. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.483..824R. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty3085. ISSN 0035-8711.
  4. Bonomo, A. S.; et al. (June 2017). "The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG . XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 602: A107. arXiv:1704.00373. Bibcode:2017A&A...602A.107B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629882. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 118923163.


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