COROT-6b
| Extrasolar planet | List of extrasolar planets | |
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Parent star | ||
| Star | COROT-6 | |
| Constellation | Ophiucus | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 18h 44m 17.42s[1] |
| Declination | (δ) | +6° 39′ 47.95″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 13.9[2] |
| Spectral type | F5V | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Semimajor axis | (a) | 0.0855±0.0015[1] AU |
| Eccentricity | (e) | < 0.1 |
| Orbital period | (P) | 8.887 d |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | 2.96±0.34[1] MJ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.166±0.035[1] RJ |
| Temperature | (T) | 1000-1300 |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | February 2, 2009 | |
| Discoverer(s) | COROT mission | |
| Discovery method | Transit method | |
| Discovery site | Earth orbit | |
| Discovery status | Announced | |
| Database references | ||
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data | |
| SIMBAD | data | |
| Exoplanet Archive | data | |
| Open Exoplanet Catalogue | data | |
COROT-6b (previously named COROT-Exo-6b)[3] 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.[1][2] 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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". v1. arXiv:1001.1426 [astro-ph.EP].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 H. Rauer, M. Fridlund (2009). "CoRoT's exoplanet harvest" (PDF). First CoRoT International Symposium. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ↑ J. Schneider (2009-03-10). "Change in CoRoT planets names". Exoplanets (Mailing list). Retrieved 2009-03-19.
External links
Media related to COROT-6b at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 
18h 44m 17.42s, +6° 39′ 47.95″