HAT-P-6 b

HAT-P-6 b Image

Description: HAT-P-6b is a transiting extrasolar planet discovered by Noyes et al. on October 15, 2007. It is located approximately 910 light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda, orbiting the star HAT-P-6. This hot Jupiter planet orbits with a semi-major axis of about 0.05 AU, and takes 92 hours, 28 minutes, 17 seconds to orbit the star. It has true mass of 5.7% greater than Jupiter and a radius 33% greater than Jupiter, corresponding to a density of 0.583 g/cm3, which is less than water.

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter mass): 1.32 MJ

Radius (Jupiter radius): 1.48 RJ

Density: 0.558 g/cm³

Equilibrium Temperature: 1675.0 K

Orbital Parameters

Orbital Period: 3.85298 days

Semi-major Axis: 0.05239 AU

Eccentricity: Unknown

Inclination: 85.51°

Host Star Properties

Host Star: HAT-P-6

Spectral Type: Unknown

Temperature: 6570.0 K

Stellar Mass: 1.79 M☉

Stellar Radius: 1.62 R☉

Discovery Information

Planet Letter: b

Object ID: 3.11026

Host ID: 2.103418

Discovery Date: 2008-01

Discovery Year: 2007

Discovery Method: Transit

Discovery Locale: Ground

Discovery Facility: HATNet

Discovery Instrument: 2K CCD Sensor

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