CoRoT-12b is a transiting

exoplanet An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...

found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010. It is a hot

Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but ...

-sized planet orbiting a G2V star with T_e = 5675K, M = 1.078 M_☉, R = 1.116 R_☉, and above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.2 and 9.4 Gyr.

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Hot Jupiters Transiting exoplanets Exoplanets discovered in 2010

12b ''12B'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romance film directed and written by cinematographer Jeeva (director), Jeeva; it is his directorial debut. The film stars Shaam (actor), Shaam in his debut, with Simran (actress), Simran a ...

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