Astronomy:COROT-6b

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COROT-6b
Exoplanet Comparison CoRoT-6 b.png
Size comparison of COROT-6b with Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered byCOROT mission
Discovery siteEarth orbit
Discovery dateFebruary 2, 2009
Transit method
Orbital characteristics
0.0855 ± 0.0015 AU (12,790,000 ± 220,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity< 0.1
Orbital period8.887 d
StarCOROT-6
Physical characteristics
Mean radius1.166±0.035[1] |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass2.96±0.34 ||J}}}}}}
Physics1000-1300


COROT-6b (previously named COROT-Exo-6b)[2] is an exoplanet that was reportedly discovered by the COROT mission team on February 2, 2009 orbiting the F type 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][3] 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fridlund, M. et al. (2010). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. IX. CoRoT-6b: a transiting 'hot Jupiter' planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star". Astronomy and Astrophysics 512: A14. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913767. Bibcode2010A&A...512A..14F. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2010/04/aa13767-09/aa13767-09.html. 
  2. J. Schneider (2009-03-10). "Change in CoRoT planets names". Exoplanets (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  3. H. Rauer, M. Fridlund (2009). "CoRoT's exoplanet harvest". First CoRoT International Symposium. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720154523/http://www.colloquium.eu/congres/09COROT/docs/slides/03mardi/11h/h_rauer/alancer.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 18h 44m 17.42s, +6° 39′ 47.95″