XO-6b
| Exoplanet | List of exoplanets | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent star | ||
| Star | XO-6[1] | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 6h 19m 10.3686s[2] |
| Declination | (δ) | 73° 49′ 39.579″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 10.25 |
| Distance | 760±60[2] ly (230±20[2] pc) | |
| Spectral type | F5 | |
| Mass | (m) | 1.47 (± 0.06) M☉ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.93 (± 0.18) R☉ |
| Temperature | (T) | 6720.0 (± 100.0) K |
| Metallicity | [Fe/H] | −0.0700 |
| Age | 1.880 Gyr | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Semi-major axis | (a) | 0.082 (± 0.008) AU |
| Eccentricity | (e) | 0 |
| Orbital period | (P) | 3.76 d |
| Inclination | (i) | 86.0±0.2°° |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | < 4.4[3] MJ |
| Radius | (r) | 2.07 ± 0.22[3] RJ |
| Temperature | (T) | 1,577 ± 28[3] |
XO-6b is a transiting exoplanet orbiting the star XO-6 around 760 Light Years (230 Parsecs) away from Earth. It was discovered by the XO planet search team.[2][1]
References
- 1 2 http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/xo-6_b/
- 1 2 3 4 5 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
- 1 2 3 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.
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