HAT-P-6b
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HAT-P-6b is a transiting extrasolar planet located approximately 650 light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda, orbiting the star HAT-P-6. This hot Jupiter planet orbits with a semi-major axis of about 7.832 gigameters, and takes 92 hours, 28 minutes, 17 seconds and 9 deciseconds to orbit the star. It has true mass of 5.7% greater than Jupiter and a radius 33% greater than Jupiter, corresponding to a density of 0.45 g/cm3, which is less than water. This planet was found by Noyes et al. on October 15, 2007.
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References
- Noyes; Bakos, G. Á.; Torres, G.; Pál, A.; Kovács, Géza; Latham, D. W.; Fernández, J. M.; Fischer, D. A.; Butler, R. P.; et al. (2008). "HAT-P-6b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a Bright F Star". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 673 (1): L79–L82. doi:10.1086/527358.
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External links
Media related to HAT-P-6 b at Wikimedia Commons
- "HAT-P-6 b". Exoplanets.
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