CoRoT-17b

CoRoT-17b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2011.^[4][2]

CoRoT-17b

Discovery
Discovered by	CoRoT space telescope
Discovery date	2011
Detection method	Transit
Designations
Alternative names	2MASS J18344782-0636440 b, Gaia DR2 4255957040079935488 b
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.0461 ± 0.0008 AU (6,900,000 ± 120,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity	0
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.768125 ± 0.000257 d
Inclination	88.34 ± 1.54 °
Star	CoRoT-17 [ru]
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	1.02 ± 0.07 RJ
Mass	2.43 ± 0.16 MJ
Mean density	2.82 ± 0.38 g cm−3[2]
Temperature	1486 K[3]

Host star

CoRoT-17b orbits CoRoT-17 in the constellation of Scutum. It is a G2V star with T_e = 5740 K, M = 1.04 M_☉, R = 1.59 R_☉, and near-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 9.7 and 11.7 Gyr.