Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first Super-Earth with measured radius

We report the discovery of very shallow (DF/F = 3.4 10-4), periodic dips in the light curve of an active V = 11.7 G9V star observed by the CoRoT satellite, which we interpret as due to the presence of a transiting companion. We describe the 3-colour CoRoT data and complementary ground-based observat...

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Main Authors: Leger, A, Rouan, D, Schneider, J, Barge, P, Fridlund, M, Samuel, B, Ollivier, M, Guenther, E, Deleuil, M, Deeg, H, Auvergne, M, Alonso, R, Aigrain, S, Alapini, A, Almenara, J, Baglin, A, Barbieri, M, Bruntt, H, Borde, P, Bouchy, F, Cabrera, J, Catala, C, Carone, L, Carpano, S, Csizmadia, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009