CoRoT-15b

CoRoT-15b is a transiting brown dwarf found by the CoRoT space telescope in 2010.

CoRot-15b
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox
Constellation Monoceros
Right ascension 06h 28m 27.81s
Declination +06° 11 10.5
Orbit
PrimaryCoRoT-15
CompanionCoRoT-15b
Period (P)0.008379 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.045 AU
Eccentricity (e)0
Inclination (i)86.7°
Details
Mass63.3 MJup
Radius1.12 RJup
Position (relative to CoRoT-15)
ComponentCoRoT-15b
Epoch of observationJ2000
Observed separation
(projected)
0.045 AU
Other designations
UCAC4 481-021097[1]

It is a brown dwarf-sized stellar companion orbiting a F7V star 2MASS J06282781+0611105.

References

  1. "CoRoT-15b". SIMBAD. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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