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CoRoT-23

star in the constellation Serpens

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ4035663 ↗
Source-derived summary

CoRoT-23 is a main-sequence star located in the constellation Serpens at a distance of about 1956 light-years from the Earth. At least one planet revolves around the star.

Characteristics

CoRoT-23 is a yellow dwarf main sequence star similar to the Sun. Its solar mass is 1.098 and its solar radius is 0.86. The surface temperature is about 5900 kelvin.

Planetary system

One planet has been discovered orbiting CoRoT-23, CoRoT-23b.

The planet may be in an unstable orbit and subject to merger with the host star in the future.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “CoRoT-23” as star in the constellation Serpens. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around CoRoT-23, star and constellation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with CoRoT-23, star and constellation providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “CoRoT-23”, the useful work is to connect “star in the constellation Serpens” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4035663. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1956.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “CoRoT-23” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.