Discovery | |
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Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.1055 AU (15,780,000 km) [1] | |
Eccentricity | 0.53 |
13.2406 d | |
Inclination | 88.55 |
Star | CoRoT-10 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.97 RJ |
Mass | 2.75 MJ |
Temperature | 601 K [2] |
CoRoT-10b is a transiting Hot Jupiter exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[ citation needed]
CoRoT-10b orbits CoRoT-10 in the constellation of Aquila. It is a K1V star with Te = 5075K, M = 0.89 M☉, R = 0.79 R☉, above solar metallicity. It has an estimated age below 3.0 Gyr.[ citation needed]