CoRoT-6

CoRoT-6 is a magnitude 13.9 star located in the Ophiuchus constellation.^[7]

CoRoT-6

Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Ophiuchus[1]
Right ascension	18h 44m 17.4079s[2]
Declination	+06° 39′ 47.513″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.9[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	main sequence[2]
Spectral type	F5V[4]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)	RA: 5.438±0.017[2] mas/yr Dec.: 1.889±0.016[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	1.5641±0.0163 mas[2]
Distance	2,090 ± 20 ly (639 ± 7 pc)
Details
Mass	1.1[3] M☉
Radius	1.02[3] R☉
Luminosity	1.4[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	428[2] cgs
Temperature	5,922[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.20[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	7.5[6] km/s
Age	4.9[2] Gyr
Other designations
CoRoT-Exo-6[3]
Database references
SIMBAD	data
Exoplanet Archive	data

Location and properties

The star has a radius of about 102% of the Sun and a mass of about 110% of the Sun.^[3] It is a main sequence F type star a little larger and hotter than the Sun.

Planetary system

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.^[3]

The CoRoT-6 planetary system^[7]

Companion (in order from star)	Mass	Semimajor axis (AU)	Orbital period (days)	Eccentricity	Inclination	Radius
b	2.96 MJ	0.0855	8.887	< 0.1	—	1.166 RJ