CoRoT-20b 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 2011.
It is a hot
Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a G2V star with T
e = 5880K, M = 1.14
M☉, R = 0.92
R☉, and above-solar metallicity. It is a young planet, with an estimated age between 0.06 and 0.14 Gyr. Its density (8.87 g/cm
3) is remarkably high for its mass, making COROT-20b one of the most compact gas giants.
See also
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COROT-20c
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COROT-14b
CoRoT-14b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.
It is a hot Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a F9V star with Te = 6035K, M = 1.13 M☉, R = 1.21 R☉, and near-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 0.4 a ...
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WASP-18b
WASP-18b is an extrasolar planet that is notable for having an orbital period of less than one day. It has a mass equal to 10 Jupiter masses, just below the boundary line between planets and brown dwarfs (about 13 Jupiter masses). Due to tida ...
References
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Hot Jupiters
Transiting exoplanets
Exoplanets discovered in 2011
20b