COROT-6b

CoRoT-6b (previously named CoRoT-Exo-6b) is an exoplanet that was discovered by the CoRoT mission team on February 2, 2009, orbiting the F type star CoRoT-6. It is located in the Ophiuchus constellation.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: Pl
Distance: 2,085 light-years
Coordinates: RA 281.0725° · Dec 6.6632°

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Key facts

Planet.name: CoRoT-6b
Planet.image: Exoplanet Comparison CoRoT-6 b.png
Planet.caption: Size comparison of CoRoT-6b with Jupiter.
Planet.discoverer: CoRoT mission
Planet.discovery_site: Earth orbit
Planet.discovered: February 2, 2009
Planet.discovery_method: Transit method
Planet.apsis: astron
Planet.eccentricity: < 0.1
Planet.period: 8.887 d
Planet.star: CoRoT-6
Planet.mean_radius: 1.166±0.035
Planet.mass: 2.96±0.34
Planet.single_temperature: 1000-1300

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Wikidata facts

Constellation: Ophiuchus
Parent body: COROT-6
Radius: 1.185
Mass: 2.95
Orbital period: 8.8866287
Image: Exoplanet Comparison CoRoT-6 b.png

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time of discovery or invention: 2010-03-00
catalog code: TIC 130502317b
Commons category: CoRoT-6 b
right ascension: 281.07253245372044
declination: 6.66319829291389
epoch: J2000.0
orbital eccentricity: 0.18
semi-major axis of an orbit: 0.0854
orbital inclination: 88.88
discovery method: transit method
right ascension component of proper motion: 5.512
declination component of proper motion: 1.840
parallax: 1.5215
time of periapsis: 2454595.6144

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==Properties and location== This planetary object is reported to be about 3.3 times the mass of the planet Jupiter and 1.17 times its size with an orbital period of 8.88 days. It is a hot Jupiter with a temperature between 700 and 1000 °C.

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