CoRoT-6b

CoRoT-6b
	Size comparison of CoRoT-6b with Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by	CoRoT mission
Discovery site	Earth orbit
Discovery date	February 2, 2009
Detection method	Transit method
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.0855 ± 0.0015 AU (12,790,000 ± 220,000 km)[1]
Eccentricity	< 0.1
Orbital period	8.887 d
Star	CoRoT-6
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	1.166±0.035[1] RJ
Mass	2.96±0.34 MJ
Temperature	1000-1300

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.

gollark: There is much more flux than usual, so we are experiencing bad things.

gollark: Basically, flux is abstract magic bad things.

gollark: It's not actual physics flux, Thaumcraft just uses the name.

gollark: Relatedly, FEAR this graph of flux.

gollark: They're quite large and thinky but also never ported past 1.7.10 because of being very large.

References

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.
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.
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.

External links

Media related to CoRoT-6b at Wikimedia Commons

ESA Portal - Exoplanet hunt update

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[Fridlund2010-1] 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.

[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.

[harvest-3] 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.