CoRoT-6
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Right ascension | 18h 44m 17.4078s[1] |
| Declination | +6° 39′ 47.5139″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.9[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F5V |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 5.512±0.042[1] mas/yr Dec.: 1.840±0.050[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 1.5215 ± 0.0291 mas[1] |
| Distance | 2,140 ± 40 ly (660 ± 10 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.055±0.055 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.025±0.026 R☉ |
| Other designations | |
CoRoT-Exo-6[2] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Exoplanet Archive | data |
CoRoT-6 is a magnitude 13.9 star located in the Ophiuchus constellation.[3]
Location and properties
The star has a radius of about 102% of the Sun and a mass of about 110% of the Sun.[2]
It is a main sequence F type star a little larger and hotter than the Sun.
Planetary system
The star is orbited by one known extrasolar planet identified as CoRoT-6b. The discovery was made by the CoRoT program using the transit method.[2]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 2.96 MJ | 0.0855 | 8.887 | < 0.1 | — | 1.166 RJ |
References
- ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c d H. Rauer, M. Fridlund (2009). "CoRoT's exoplanet harvest" (PDF). First CoRoT International Symposium. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ a b 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. arXiv:1001.1426v1. Bibcode:2010A&A...512A..14F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913767.
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