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XO-6b
Orbital characteristics
0.082 (± 0.008) AU
Eccentricity0
3.76 d
Inclination86.0±0.2°
StarXO-6[1]
Physical characteristics
2.07 ± 0.22[2] RJ
Mass< 4.4[2] MJ
Temperature1,577 ± 28[2]

XO-6b is a transiting exoplanet, a hot Jupiter, orbiting the star XO-6 around 760 Light Years (230 Parsecs) away from Earth. It was discovered by the XO planet search team.[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/xo-6_b/
  2. ^ a b c Crouzet, N.; et al. (2017). "Discovery of XO-6b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a Fast Rotating F5 Star on an Oblique Orbit". The Astronomical Journal. 153 (3). 94. arXiv:1612.02776. Bibcode:2017AJ....153...94C. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/153/3/94.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  3. ^ Brown, A. G. A; et al. (2016). "Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 595. A2. arXiv:1609.04172. Bibcode:2016A&A...595A...2G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629512.Gaia Data Release 1 catalog entry
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