CoRoT-2
Star CoRoT-2 |
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AladinLite | |||
Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Constellation | Eagle | ||
Right ascension | 19 h 27 m 6 s | ||
declination | + 01 ° 23 ′ 1 ″ | ||
Apparent brightness | 12.6 mag | ||
Typing | |||
Known exoplanets | 1 | ||
Spectral class | K0 V | ||
Astrometry | |||
distance | approx. 1000 ly approx. 300 pc |
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Proper movement | |||
Rec. Share: | −5.3 mas / a | ||
Dec. portion: | −9.1 mas / a | ||
Physical Properties | |||
Dimensions | (0.97 ± 0.06) M ☉ | ||
radius | (0.902 ± 0.018) R ☉ | ||
Effective temperature | (5625 ± 120) K. | ||
Metallicity [Fe / H] | 0.0 ± 0.1 | ||
Other names and catalog entries |
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CoRoT-2 , formerly called CoRoT-Exo-2 , is a late main sequence star in the constellation Eagle, about 1000 light years away from Earth . It has an apparent magnitude of 12.6 mag. It is accompanied by an exoplanet named CoRoT-2b, which was discovered in 2007 .
Exoplanet
CoRoT-2 b , previously called CoRoT-Exo-2 b , is an exoplanet that orbits the central star with a period of 1.74 days at a distance of about 0.029 astronomical units . It has a mass of about 3.3 Jupiter and is a Hot Jupiter . He was using the French CoRoT - Space Telescope So, by the transit method discovered. It was the second exoplanet discovered by CoRoT.
Web links
- CoRoT-2 (English) - Entry at Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia
- CoRoT-Exo-2 (English) - Entry at SIMBAD