COROT-4 [SEP] constellation
COROT-4
COROT-4 (formerly known as COROT-Exo-4) is a yellow-white dwarf main-sequence star in the constellation Monoceros.
Planetary system.
The star is orbited by one known extrasolar planet, designated COROT-4b.It was catalogued as part of the COROT mission to find transiting planets, when a planet was spotted using the transit method.
See also.
- COROT
- List of extrasolar planets
, making COROT-2 a wide binary system with at least one planet.
Planetary system.
This star is home to exoplanet COROT-2b discovered by the COROT Mission spacecraft using the transit method. COROT-2b (formerly known as COROT-Exo-2b) is the second extrasolar planet to be detected by the French-led COROT mission, and orbits the star COROT-2 at a distance of 930 light years from Earth towards the constellation Aquila. Its discovery was announced on 20 December 2007. After its discovery via the transit method, its mass was