The CoRoT-6 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2104.67 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.05 solar masses |
Radius | 1.03 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6090 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, CoRoT-6 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 940.740 Earth masses |
Density | 2.320 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.068 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0855 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.1 |
Orbital Period | 8.887 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | CoRoT |
Discovery Telescope | 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | CoRoT CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2010-03 |
Reference | Fridlund et al. 2010 |