CoRoT-10b is a transiting exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.[citation needed]
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | CoRoT space telescope |
Detection method | Transit |
| Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.1055 AU (15,780,000 km)[1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.53 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 13.2406 d |
| Inclination | 88.55 |
| Star | COROT-10 [ru] |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.97 RJ |
| Mass | 2.75MJ |
| Temperature | 601 K[2] |
It is an Jupiter-sized planet orbiting K1V star with Te = 5075K, M = 0.89M☉, R = 0.79R☉, above solar metallicity. It has an estimated age below 3.0 Gyr.[citation needed]
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