Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XI. CoRoT-8b: a hot and dense sub-Saturn around a K1 dwarf

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XI. CoRoT-8b: a hot and dense sub-Saturn around a K1 dwarf

We report the discovery of CoRoT-8b, a dense small Saturn-class exoplanet that orbits a K1 dwarf in 6.2 days, and we derive its orbital parameters, mass, and radius. We analyzed two complementary data sets: the photometric transit curve of CoRoT-8b as measured by CoRoT and the radial velocity curve...

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

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