CoRoT-12b

CoRoT-12b is a transiting Hot Jupiter-sized exoplanet found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.^[4]

CoRoT-12b

Discovery
Discovered by	CoRoT space telescope
Detection method	Transit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.04016 AU (6,008,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity	0.07
Orbital period (sidereal)	2.828042 d
Inclination	85.48
Star	CoRoT-12
Physical characteristics[2]
Mean radius	1.81±0.21 RJ
Mass	0.917MJ
Temperature	1319 K[3]

Comparison of size of Jupiter to CoRoT-12b

Host star

CoRoT-12b orbits CoRoT-12 in the constellation of Monoceros. It is a G2V star with an effective temperature of 5,675 K (5,402 °C; 9,755 °F), a mass of 1.078 M_☉, a radius of 1.116 R_☉, and an above-solar metallicity. It has an estimated age between 3.2 and 9.4 Gyr.^[4]