Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission IX. CoRoT-6b: a transiting `hot Jupiter' planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission IX. CoRoT-6b: a transiting `hot Jupiter' planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star

The CoRoT satellite exoplanetary team announces its sixth transiting planet in this paper. We describe and discuss the satellite observations as well as the complementary ground-based observations - photometric and spectroscopic - carried out to assess the planetary nature of the object and determin...

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Main Authors: Fridlund, M, Hebrard, G, Alonso, R, Deleuil, M, Gandolfi, D, Gillon, M, Bruntt, H, Alapini, A, Csizmadia, S, Guillot, T, Lammer, H, Aigrain, S, Almenara, J, Auvergne, M, Baglin, A, Barge, P, Borde, P, Bouchy, F, Cabrera, J, Carone, L, Carpano, S, Deeg, H, Reza, R, Dvorak, R, Erikson, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010

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