CoRoT-8b
CoRoT-8b compared to Jupiter and Neptune. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Borde et al. |
| Discovery site | CoRoT space telescope |
| Discovery date | 12 April 2010 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0636 ± 0.0014 AU (9,510,000 ± 210,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | <0.19 |
| 6.212445±0.000007 d | |
| Inclination | 88.18°±0.08° |
| 2,454,239.03317±0.00049 JD | |
| Semi-amplitude | 27.6+5.8 −4.7 m/s |
| Star | CoRoT-8 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.619+0.016 −0.017 RJ | |
| Mass | 0.218±0.034 MJ |
Mean density | 1.1±0.2 g/cm3 |
| Temperature | 870 ± 14 K (1,106.3 ± 25.2 °F; 596.9 ± 14.0 °C) |
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CoRoT-8b is a transiting exoplanet orbiting the K-type main sequence star CoRoT-8 1,050 light years away in the equatorial constellation Aquila. The planet was discovered in April 2010 by the CoRoT telescope.