The WASP-6 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 642.92 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.55 solar masses |
Radius | 0.73 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5450 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 11 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-6 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 117.597 Earth masses |
Density | 0.326 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.545 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04217 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.05 |
Orbital Period | 3.361 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2015-06 |
Reference | Tregloan-Reed et al. 2015 |