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Old 26-July-2008, 01:23 PM
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Corto-Exo-4b has a 9 day period around a star similar to the Sun (though they did not say its color ), AND the rotation rate matches the orbital period! It ain't that big a planet for a tidal lock. This one is quite interesting, right?
I think that's CoRot. The star is F0V. The period and the rotation are given as 9.20205 +/- 0.00037 and 8.87 +/- 1.12 days respectively, so synchronicity is not a lock.
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