XO-6

Planetary system · 768.0 light-years away · also TYC 4357-995-1

XO-6 is 768 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F5 star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (XO).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

XO-6 b goes round its star every 3.77 days, 23 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF5
Surface temperature6,720 K
Mass1.47 solar masses
Radius1.93 solar radii
Luminosity3.437 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.247
Ageabout 1.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun768.0 light-years (235.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 94.7930°, Dec 73.8276°
ConstellationCamelopardalis

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
XO-6 b3.77 days0.0815 AU23.203 R⊕1398.5 M⊕Transit, 2016

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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