CoRoT-6b
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COROT-6b (previously named COROT-Exo-6b)[1] 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.[2][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
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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.
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Fridlund, M.; G. Hebrard; R. Alonso; M. Deleuil; D. Gandolfi; M. Gillon; H. Bruntt; A. Alapini; Sz Csizmadia; T. Guillot; H. Lammer; S. Aigrain; J.M. Almenara; M. Auvergne; A. Baglin; P. Barge; P. Borde; F. Bouchy; J. Cabrera; L. Carone; S. Carpano; H. J. Deeg; R. De la Reza; R. Dvorak; A. Erikson; S. Ferraz-Mello; E. Guenther; P. Gondoin; R. den Hartog; A. Hatzes; L. Jorda; A. Leger; A. Llebaria; P. Magain; T. Mazeh; C. Moutou; M. Ollivier; M. Patzold; D. Queloz; H. Rauer; D. Rouan; B. Samuel; J. Schneider; A. Shporer; B. Stecklum; B. Tingley; J. Weingrill; G. Wuchterl (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.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|class=ignored (help) - ^ H. Rauer, M. Fridlund (2009). "CoRoT's exoplanet harvest" (PDF). First CoRoT International Symposium. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
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External links
Media related to COROT-6b at Wikimedia Commons
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