WASP-6

Planetary system · 642.9 light-years away · also TYC 6972-75-1

WASP-6 is 643 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,438 K star; the first was found in 2009 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-6 b goes round its star every 3.36 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,438 K
Mass0.854 solar masses
Radius0.79 solar radii
Luminosity0.505 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.907
Ageabout 3.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun642.9 light-years (197.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 348.1571°, Dec -22.6741°
ConstellationAquarius

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-6 b3.36 days0.0422 AU12.543 R⊕148.43 M⊕Transit, 2009

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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