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    Transiting Exoplanets From The CoRoT Space Mission XII. CoRoT-12B: A Short-Period Low-Density Planet Transiting A Solar Analog Star

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    2010
    Author
    Gillon, M.
    Hatzes, A.
    Csizmadia, S.
    Fridlund, M.
    Deleuil, M.
    Aigrain, S.
    Alonso, R.
    Auvergne, M.
    Baglin, A.
    Barge, P.
    Barnes, S. I.
    Bonomo, A. S.
    Borde, P.
    Bouchy, F.
    Bruntt, H.
    Cabrera, J.
    Carone, L.
    Carpano, S.
    Cochran, W. D.
    Deeg, H. J.
    Dvorak, R.
    Endl, M.
    Erikson, A.
    Ferraz-Mello, S.
    Gandolfi, D.
    Gazzano, J. C.
    Guenther, E.
    Guillot, T.
    Havel, M.
    Hebrard, G.
    Jorda, L.
    Leger, A.
    Llebaria, A.
    Lammer, H.
    Lovis, C.
    Mayor, M.
    Mazeh, T.
    Montalban, J.
    Moutou, C.
    Ofir, A.
    Ollivier, M.
    Patzold, M.
    Pepe, F.
    Queloz, D.
    Rauer, H.
    Rouan, D.
    Samuel, B.
    Santerne, A.
    Schneider, J.
    Tingley, B.
    Udry, S.
    Weingrill, J.
    Wuchterl, G.
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    Abstract
    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(circle dot), R(*) = 1.1 +/- 0.1 R(circle dot), 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(Jup). Its low density can be explained by standard models for irradiated planets.
    Department
    McDonald Observatory
    Subject
    planetary systems
    star: individual: corot-12
    techniques: photometric
    techniques: radial velocities
    techniques: spectroscopic
    stellar atmosphere models
    light-curve project
    limb-darkening law
    abundance analysis
    surface gravities
    giant planets
    wasp-12b
    tres-4
    radii
    code
    astronomy & astrophysics
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2152/34463
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    Gillon, Michaël, A. Hatzes, Sz Csizmadia, M. Fridlund, M. Deleuil, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso et al. >Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission-XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star.> Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 520 (2010): A97.
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