CoRoT-10b: a giant planet in a 13.24 day eccentric orbit

CoRoT-10b: a giant planet in a 13.24 day eccentric orbit

The space telescope CoRoT searches for transiting extrasolar planets by continuously monitoring the optical flux of thousands of stars in several fields of view. We report the discovery of CoRoT-10b, a giant planet on a highly eccentric orbit (e=0.53 +/- 0.04) revolving in 13.24 days around a faint...

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Main Authors: Bonomo, A, Santerne, A, Alonso, R, Gazzano, J, Havel, M, Aigrain, S, Auvergne, M, Baglin, A, Barbieri, M, Barge, P, Benz, W, Bordé, P, Bouchy, F, Bruntt, H, Cabrera, J, Cameron, A, Carone, L, Carpano, S, Csizmadia, S, Deleuil, M, Deeg, H, Dvorak, R, Erikson, A, Ferraz-Mello, S, Fridlund, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010

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