COROT-6b
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| Parent star | ||
| Star | COROT-6 | |
| Constellation | Ophiucus | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 18h 44m 17.42s[1] |
| Declination | (δ) | +6° 39′ 47.95″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 13.9[2] |
| Spectral type | F5V | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Semi-major axis | (a) | 0.0855±0.0015[1] AU |
| Eccentricity | (e) | < 0.1 |
| Orbital period | (P) | 8.887 d |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | 2.96±0.34[1] MJ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.166±0.035[1] RJ |
| Temperature | (T) | 1000-1300 |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | February 2, 2009 | |
| Discoverer(s) | COROT mission | |
| Discovery method | Transit method | |
| Discovery site | Earth orbit | |
| Discovery status | Announced | |
| Database references | ||
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia |
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| SIMBAD | data | |
| Exoplanet Archive | data | |
| Open Exoplanet Catalogue | data | |
COROT-6b (previously named COROT-Exo-6b)[3] is an exoplanet that was reportedly discovered by the COROT mission team on February 2, 2009 orbiting the unidentified star COROT-6. It is located in the Ophiuchus constellation.
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.[1][2] It is a hot Jupiter with a temperature between 700 and 1000 °C.
See also
- COROT-5
- COROT - an operational French-led ESA planet-hunting mission spacecraft, launched in 2006
References
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 
18h 44m 17.42s, +6° 39′ 47.95″
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