Astronomy:CoRoT-18b

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CoRoT-18b
Discovery
Discovered byCoRoT space telescope
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.0295 AU (4,410,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity0-0.08
Orbital period1.9000693 d
Inclination86.5
StarCoRoT-18 (ru)
Physical characteristics
Mean radius1.31 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass3.47||J}}}}}}
Physics1396 K[2]


CoRoT-18b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011.[3][4]

Host star

CoRoT-18b orbits CoRoT-18 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a G9V star with Te = 5440K, M = 0.95M, R = 1.00R, and near-solar metallicity. Its age is unknown.

Orbit

The study in 2012, utilizing a Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, have determined the planetary orbit is probably aligned with the rotational axis of the star, misalignment equal to -10±20°.[5]

References

  1. "Notes on CoRoT-18 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/corot_18_b--704/. 
  2. "COROT-18 Planets in the system". http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/CoRoT-18%20b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019. 
  3. Hébrard, G. et al. (2011), "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission", Astronomy & Astrophysics 533: A130, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117192 
  4. "NEW WORLDS ATLAS CoRoT-18 b". https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/newworldsatlas/1332/corot-18-b/. Retrieved February 25, 2019. 
  5. Albrecht, Simon; Winn, Joshua N.; Johnson, John A.; Howard, Andrew W.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul; Arriagada, Pamela; Crane, Jeffrey D. et al. (2012), "Obliquities of Hot Jupiter Host Stars: Evidence for Tidal Interactions and Primordial Misalignments", The Astrophysical Journal 757: 18, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/18, Bibcode2012ApJ...757...18A 

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