A Conversation for Constellations: Monoceros 'the Unicorn'
Exoplanet found Feb.'09
shagbark Started conversation Apr 20, 2009
The ESA COROT team has announced this latest planet. it is smaller than any on the list.
STAR=COROT-7 magnitude 11.7 distance 390 ly Spectral type K0V
planet COROT-7b mass 0.035 Mj Radius 0.157 Rj
period 85 days distance from star 0.017 AU
this is a rocky planet hotter than mercury.
Exoplanet found Feb.'09
shagbark Posted Apr 20, 2009
I rather suspect a decimal point error on that distance from star.
Exoplanet found Feb.'09
shagbark Posted Apr 20, 2009
I also suspect I should have written that name CoRoT-7b
Exoplanet found Feb.'09
shagbark Posted Apr 20, 2009
Another source says the period of rotation around the star is under twenty hours. However if that was deduced from the ).017AU figure it might be suspect.
Exoplanet found Feb.'09
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Apr 21, 2009
Thanks for the alert, Shagbark. I'll check the figures before I add it to the entry but right now RL is screaming
GB 
Exoplanet found Feb.'09
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Sep 22, 2009
They found another one: http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=CoRoT-7
and now it seems to be correct to use CoRoT
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