Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission XVII. The hot Jupiter CoRoT-17b: a very old planet

Autoria(s): CSIZMADIA, Sz.; MOUTOU, C.; DELEUIL, M.; CABRERA, J.; FRIDLUND, M.; GANDOLFI, D.; AIGRAIN, S.; ALONSO, R.; ALMENARA, J. -M.; AUVERGNE, M.; BAGLIN, A.; BARGE, P.; BONOMO, A. S.; BORDE, P.; BOUCHY, F.; BRUNTT, H.; CARONE, L.; CARPANO, S.; CAVARROC, C.; COCHRAN, W.; DEEG, H. J.; DIAZ, R. F.; DVORAK, R.; ENDL, M.; ERIKSON, A.; FERRAZ-MELLO, S.; FRUTH, Th.; GAZZANO, J. -C.; GILLON, M.; GUENTHER, E. W.; GUILLOT, T.; HATZES, A.; HAVEL, M.; HEBRARD, G.; JEHIN, E.; JORDA, L.; LEGER, A.; LLEBARIA, A.; LAMMER, H.; LOVIS, C.; MACQUEEN, P. J.; MAZEH, T.; OLLIVIER, M.; PAETZOLD, M.; QUELOZ, D.; RAUER, H.; ROUAN, D.; SANTERNE, A.; SCHNEIDER, J.; TINGLEY, B.; TITZ-WEIDER, R.; WUCHTERL, G.
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Data(s)

18/04/2012

18/04/2012

2011
Resumo

We report on the discovery of a hot Jupiter-type exoplanet, CoRoT-17b, detected by the CoRoT satellite. It has a mass of 2.43 +/- 0.30 M(Jup) and a radius of 1.02 +/- 0.07 R(Jup), while its mean density is 2.82 +/- 0.38 g/cm(3). CoRoT-17b is in a circular orbit with a period of 3.7681 +/- 0.0003 days. The host star is an old (10.7 +/- 1.0 Gyr) main-sequence star, which makes it an intriguing object for planetary evolution studies. The planet's internal composition is not well constrained and can range from pure H/He to one that can contain similar to 380 earth masses of heavier elements.

W.M. Keck Foundation

Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion[ESP2007-65480-C02-02]

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration[NNX09AB30G]

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Fond National de la Recherche Scientifique, FNRS, Belgium [FRFC 2.5.594.09.F]

Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR[50 OW 204]

Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR[50 OW 0603]

Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR[50QP07011]
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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, v.531, 2011

0004-6361

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/15701

10.1051/0004-6361/201117009

http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117009
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eng
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EDP SCIENCES S A
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
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