CoRoT-6 is a magnitude 13.9 star located in the Ophiuchus constellation.[6]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Right ascension | 18h 44m 17.4079s[1] |
Declination | +6° 39′ 47.513″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.9[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F5V[3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 5.438±0.017[1] mas/yr Dec.: 1.889±0.016[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 1.5641 ± 0.0163 mas[1] |
Distance | 2,090 ± 20 ly (639 ± 7 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.1[2] M☉ |
Radius | 1.02[2] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1.4[1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 428[1] cgs |
Temperature | 5,922[1] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.20[4] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 7.5[5] km/s |
Age | 4.9[1] Gyr |
Other designations | |
CoRoT-Exo-6[2] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
The star has a radius of about 102% of the Sun and a mass of about 110% of the Sun.[2] It is a main sequence F type star a little larger and hotter than the Sun.
The star is orbited by one known extrasolar planet identified as CoRoT-6b. The discovery was made by the CoRoT program using the transit method.[2]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | 2.96 MJ | 0.0855 | 8.887 | < 0.1 | — | 1.166 RJ |