Transiting Exoplanets From The CoRoT Space Mission XVII. The Hot Jupiter CoRoT-17B: A Very Old Planet
/ Authors
S. Csizmadia, C. Moutou, M. Deleuil, J. Cabrera, M. Fridlund, D. Gandolfi, S. Aigrain, R. Alonso, J. Almenara, M. Auvergne
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A. Baglin, P. Barge, A. Bonomo, P. Bordé, F. Bouchy, H. Bruntt, L. Carone, S. Carpano, C. Cavarroc, W. Cochran, H. Deeg, R. Díaz, R. Dvorak, M. Endl, A. Erikson, S. Ferraz-Mello, T. Fruth, J. Gazzano, M. Gillon, E. Guenther, T. Guillot, A. Hatzes, M. Havel, G. Hébrard, E. Jehin, L. Jorda, A. Léger, A. Llebaria, H. Lammer, C. Lovis, P. Macqueen, T. Mazeh, M. Ollivier, M. Paetzold, D. Queloz, H. Rauer, D. Rouan, A. Santerne, J. Schneider, B. Tingley, R. Titz-Weider, G. Wuchterl
/ Abstract
We report on the discovery of a hot Jupiter-type exoplanet, CoRoT-17b, detected by the CoRoT satellite. It has a mass of $2.43\pm0.30$\Mjup and a radius of $1.02\pm0.07$\Rjup, while its mean density is $2.82\pm0.38$ g/cm$^3$. CoRoT-17b is in a circular orbit with a period of $3.7681\pm0.0003$ days. The host star is an old ($10.7\pm1.0$ 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 $\sim$380 earth masses of heavier elements.
Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics