Boinayel
WASP-6b, also named Boinayel, is an exoplanet approximately 650 light years away in the constellation Aquarius. It was discovered in 2008, by the WASP survey, by astronomical transit across its parent star WASP-6. This planet orbits at only 4% of the Earth-Sun distance. The planet has a mass half that of Jupiter, but its insolation has forced a thermal expansion of its radius to greater than that of Jupiter. Thus, this planet is an inflated hot Jupiter. Starspots on the host star WASP-6 helped to refine the measurements of the mass and the radius of the planet.
Key facts
- Planet.name
- WASP-6b / Boinayel
- Planet.image
- Exoplanet Comparison WASP-6 b.png
- Planet.caption
- Size comparison of WASP-6b with Jupiter.
- Planet.discoverer
- Gillon et al. (SuperWASP)
- Planet.discovery_site
- SAAO
- Planet.discovered
- April 1, 2008
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.eccentricity
- <0.070
- Planet.star
- WASP-6
- Planet.surface_grav
- 0.82 g
- Planet.single_temperature
- ()
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Naming
- Orbit
- Atmosphere
- See also
- References
- External links
WASP-6b, also named Boinayel, is an exoplanet approximately 650 light years away in the constellation Aquarius. It was discovered in 2008, by the WASP survey, by astronomical transit across its parent star WASP-6. This planet orbits at only 4% of the Earth-Sun distance. The planet has a mass half that of Jupiter, but its insolation has forced a thermal expansion of its radius to greater than that of Jupiter. Thus, this planet is an inflated hot Jupiter. Starspots on the host star WASP-6 helped to refine the measurements of the mass and the radius of the planet.
thumb|center|400px|From top left to lower right: WASP-12b, WASP-6b, [[WASP-31b, WASP-39b, HD 189733b, HAT-P-12b, WASP-17b, WASP-19b, HAT-P-1b and HD 209458b.]]