CoRoT-5 is a
magnitude 14 star located in the
Monoceros constellation.
Location and properties
The announcement materials identify this star as located within the LRa01 field of view of the
CoRoT spacecraft. According to the project website this field is in the
Monoceros constellation.
The announcement materials report that the star has a radius of about 116% of the Sun and a mass of about 101% of the Sun.
This star is reported to be a
main sequence
In astronomy, the main sequence is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appears on plots of stellar color versus brightness. These color-magnitude plots are known as Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams after their co-developers, Ejnar Her ...
F type star a little larger and hotter than the
Sun.
Planetary system
The announcement states that this parent star is orbited by one known
extrasolar planet identified as
CoRoT-5b
CoRoT-5b (previously named CoRoT-Exo-5b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the F-type star CoRoT-5. It was first reported by the CoRoT mission team in 2008 using the transit method.
This planet has been confirmed by a Doppler follow-up study.
...
. The discovery was made using the
astronomical transit
In astronomy, a transit (or astronomical transit) is a phenomenon when a celestial body passes directly between a larger body and the observer. As viewed from a particular vantage point, the transiting body appears to move across the face of t ...
method by the
CoRoT program.
See also
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CoRoT - an operational
French-led ESA
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, headquarters = Paris, Île-de-France, France
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, spaceport = Guiana Space Centre
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planet-hunting mission spacecraft, launched in 2006
References
F-type main-sequence stars
Planetary transit variables
Planetary systems with one confirmed planet
Monoceros
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