CoRoT-14b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[3]
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.027 AU (4,000,000 km)[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| 1.51214 d | |
| Inclination | 79.6 |
| Star | CoRoT-14 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.09 RJ | |
| Mass | 7.6 MJ |
| Temperature | 1781 K[2] |
Host star
CoRoT-14b orbits CoRoT-14 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is an F9V star with an effective temperature of 6,035 K (5,762 °C; 10,403 °F), a mass of 1.13 M☉, a radius of 1.21 R☉, and a near-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 0.4 and 8.0 Gyr.[3]
Characteristics
The planet is unusually dense (7.3 g/cm3) for its mass and distance from host star, making CoRoT-14b one of the densest gas giants known.[3]
References
See also
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