CoRoT-4b

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Template:Planetbox begin| Template:Planetbox star Template:Planetbox orbit Template:Planetbox character Template:Planetbox discovery Template:Planetbox end COROT-Exo-4b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star COROT-Exo-4. It is probably in synchronous orbit with stellar rotation.[1] It was discovered by the French COROT mission in 2008.

References

  1. ^ S. Aigrain; et al. (2008). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission IV. CoRoT-Exo-4b: a transiting planet in a 9.2 day synchronous orbit". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 488 (2): L43–L46. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810246. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)