Exoplanetary Scratchpad |
A younger version of the Sun with a transiting Inflated Hot Super Jupiter 880ly away. This planet has been used to identify star spots on its surface. It was found to be blasted with x-rays 100,000 times more powerful than the Earth is by the Sun, which is blasting 5 million tons of matter of the planet into space every second. The planet is unusually inflated for its distance. The system is believed to be 100 and 300 Million years old, young, but fully formed. The planet is 3 times as massive as Jupiter and orbits the planet about 10 Earth-Moon distances away. Its proximity may be speeding up its star, keeping its magnetic field active, and maintaining its volatility.
CoRoT-Exo-2 System Web Pages[]
CoRoT-Exo-2 System In the News[]
Massive Very Hot Inflated Transiting Planet found Around an Active Star (Jan 2008)[]
- http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361:200809431&Itemid=129
- http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361:200809433&Itemid=129
Transit Used to Detect Star Spots (Jul 2009)[]
Planet Being Blasted Away By Intense X-Rays (Sep 2011)[]
- http://www.space.com/12933-star-fries-alien-planet-xrays-corot-2b.html - video
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/11_releases/press_091311.html