Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star

We report the discovery by the CoRoT satellite of a new transiting giant planet in a 2.83 days orbit about a V=15.5 solar analog star (M_* = 1.08 +- 0.08 M_sun, R_* = 1.1 +- 0.1 R_sun, T_eff = 5675 +- 80 K). This new planet, CoRoT-12b, has a mass of 0.92 +- 0.07 M_Jup and a radius of 1.44 +- 0.13 R_...

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Main Authors: Gillon, M, Hatzes, A, Csizmadia, S, Fridlund, M, Deleuil, M, Aigrain, S, Alonso, R, Auvergne, M, Baglin, A, Barge, P, Barnes, S, Bonomo, A, Bordé, P, Bouchy, F, Bruntt, H, Cabrera, J, Carone, L, Carpano, S, Cochran, W, Deeg, H, Dvorak, R, Endl, M, Erikson, A, Ferraz-Mello, S, Gandolfi, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010