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Table 2

Physical and geometrical parameters of the CoRoT-17 system.

Determined from photometry

Epoch of periastron T0 [HJD-2 400 000] 54 923.3093  ±  0.0036
Orbital period (days) 3.7681  ±  0.0003
Duration of the transit (hours) 4.72
Depth of the transit (%) 0.44

Determined from RV-measurements
Orbital eccentricity e 0 [fixed]
Argument of periastron ω [deg] 0 [fixed]
Radial velocity semi-amplitude K [m s-1] 312.4  ±  29.0
Systemic velocity Vγ [km s-1] 54.770  ±  0.008
O–C residuals [m s-1] 77

Determined from spectral analysis of the star
Teff [K] 5740  ±  80
log gstar [cgs] 4.40  ±  0.10
 [Fe/H]  0.0  ±  0.1
vsini [km s-1] 4.5  ±  0.5
Spectral type G2V

Determined from light curve modelling
a/Rstar 6.23  ±  0.24
b 0.18  ±  0.16
i [deg] 88.34  ±  1.54
k 0.0661  ±  0.0019
u+ 0.65  ±  0.17
u 0.2 (fixed)

Combined results
Stellar mean density ρst [solar] 0.23  ±  0.02
Stellar mass Mst [solar] 1.04  ±  0.10
Stellar radius Rst [solar] 1.59  ±  0.07
Stellar age [Gyr] 10.7  ±  1.0
Orbital semi-major axis a [AU] 0.0461  ±  0.0008
Planet mass Mp [MJ] 2.43  ±  0.30
Planet radius Rp [RJ] 1.02  ±  0.07
Planet mean density ρp [g   cm-3] 2.82  ±  0.38
[solar units] 0.61  ±  0.03
Teq [K] 1626  ±  31
Distance [pc] 920  ±  50
AV [mag] 2.60  ±  0.10

Notes. Inclination (i) was calculated from the a/Rstar ratio and from the impact parameter b. The parameter M1/3/R can be calculated from the orbital period and from the a/Rstar value (see e.g. Winn 2010). Teq is the equlibirium temperature of the planet.

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