CoRoT-15 is an eclipsing binary star system about 4,500 light-years (1,400 parsecs) away in the constellation Monoceros, discovered by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010. It consists of an F7V star and an orbiting brown dwarf companion, which was one of the first transiting brown dwarfs to be discovered.[4]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Monoceros[1] |
| Right ascension | 06h 28m 27.82246s[2] |
| Declination | +06° 11′ 10.4519″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.00[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | Main sequence |
| Spectral type | F7V[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: -0.659 mas/yr[2] Dec.: -3.173 mas/yr[2] |
| Parallax (π) | 0.7185 ± 0.0422 mas[2] |
| Distance | 4,500 ± 300 ly (1,390 ± 80 pc) |
| Orbit[4] | |
| Period (P) | 3.06036±0.00003 d |
| Semi-major axis (a) | 0.045+0.014 −0.010 AU |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0 |
| Inclination (i) | 86.7+2.3 −3.2° |
| Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 7.36±0.11 km/s |
| Details[4] | |
| CoRoT-15A | |
| Mass | 1.32±0.12 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.46+0.31 −0.14 R☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.3±0.2 cgs |
| Temperature | 6350±200 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.1±0.2 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 19±2 km/s |
| CoRoT-15b | |
| Mass | 63.3±4.1 MJup |
| Radius | 1.12+0.30 −0.15 RJup |
| Temperature | 1740+120 −190 K |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | A |
| B | |
References
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