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WASP-6 Overview

  • Star: WASP-6
    • Stellar Radius: 0.82 Solar Radius
    • Stellar Effective Temperature: 5380.72 K
    • Planet: WASP-6 b
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 1.119 Jupiter Radius

WASP-6 Architecture & Discovery Information

Name Orbital Separation Planet Size Method Year Reference Disposition
WASP-6
WASP-6 b 3.36 d 12.54 R⨁ Transit 2009 Gillon et al. 2009 Confirmed Planet
RA
23h12m37.71s
Dec
-22d40m26.85s
Distance
197.119+1.632-1.607
pc
Parallax
5.0446400±0.0413555 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-16.16199 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
340.08648 deg
Galactic Latitude
-67.19545 deg
Galactic Longitude
38.73059 deg
Total Proper Motion
43.6387439±0.0641803 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
-23.3048000±0.0645325 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-36.8948000±0.0640393 mas/yr
Photometry
mV 11.907±0.034
mTESS 11.4779±0.0065
mJ 10.769±0.026
mH 10.445±0.025
mKs 10.325±0.025
mW1 10.275±0.022
mW2 10.338±0.021
mW3 10.243±0.067
mW4 8.294
mGaia 11.97610±0.00048
mB 12.897±0.403
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog)
[Fe/H] -0.16±0.14 dex
[C/H] -0.21±0.02 dex
[Na/H] -0.21±0.01 dex
[Mg/H] -0.11±0.07 dex
[Al/H] -0.09±0.06 dex
[Si/H] -0.09±0.05 dex
[Ca/H] -0.10±0.06 dex
Tools
Planetary Systems
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
TOI
Stellar Hosts
Source McGruder et al. 2023 TICv8 Gaia DR2 Bonomo et al. 2017 Stassun et al. 2017 Tregloan-Reed et al. 2015 Tsantaki et al. 2014 Mortier et al. 2013 Gillon et al. 2009 ExoFOP
Teff
(K)
5438±50
5380.7200+87.7887-137.7170
5372.000+53.250-54.245
 5450±100 5450±100 5375±65 5447±18 5383±41 5450±100 5375
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
---
-0.2967508+0.0112527-0.0141006
-0.30828107+0.00512728-0.00518851
 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Metallicity
(dex)
-0.15±0.05 [Fe/H] -0.1430000±0.0284605 [M/H] --- -0.200±0.090 [Fe/H] -0.20 [Fe/H] -0.15±0.09 [Fe/H] -0.11±0.03 [Fe/H] -0.14±0.03 [Fe/H] --- ---
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
2.44+0.11-0.10
2.3980581+0.4241279-0.6363448
 --- --- 2.01±0.23 1.826±0.075 --- 1.34±0.11 --- ---
M✶
(M⦿)
0.854+0.027-0.023
0.9300000+0.1363040-0.1013980
 ---
0.880+0.050-0.080
 0.55±0.17 0.836±0.063 --- 0.82±0.06 0.880±0.080 ---
R✶
(R⦿)
0.790+0.008-0.009
0.8177050+0.0536422-0.0280462
0.8095434+0.0166001-0.0158137
0.870+0.025-0.036
 0.73±0.07 0.864±0.024 --- 0.86±0.07 0.870±0.036 0.817704975605011±0.040844200000000
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.565+0.022-0.016
4.5813600+0.0611143-0.0960025
 --- --- 4.60±0.20 4.487±0.017 4.42±0.06 4.52±0.06 --- 4.49371
v sin i
(km/s)
1.5±0.3 --- --- 1.4±1.0 --- --- 0.10 --- 1.60±0.27 ---
Age
(Gyr)
3.2+2.1-3.1
 --- ---
11.0+3.0-7.0
 ---
9.0 +8.0-12.7
--- --- --- ---
γ
(km/s)
--- --- 12.528898866161271±1.535102600677454 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Prot
(days)
28.28+3.99-3.97
 --- --- 23.80±0.15 --- --- --- --- --- ---
CAII LOG RHK
-4.476±0.091 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Radial Velocity, Transit
Tools
Planetary Systems
Transit Prediction Service
TOI
Transit
NExoList: JWST
Atmospheric Spectroscopy
Source McGruder et al. 2023 Panek et al. 2023 Kokori et al. 2023 Patel & Espinoza 2022 Ivshina & Winn 2022 Kokori et al. 2022 Bonomo et al. 2017 Stassun et al. 2017 Barstow et al. 2017 Sing et al. 2016 Tregloan-Reed et al. 2015 Gillon et al. 2009 ExoFOP
Teq
(K)
1167±96 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1145 1150 1184±16 --- 1036.74336950573
Mp
(M⨁)
148+8-7
 --- --- --- --- ---
154+8-10
 118±25 --- 159 154±9
160 +6.0-12
 ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.467+0.024-0.023
 --- --- --- --- ---
0.483+0.026-0.030
 0.37±0.08 --- 0.50 0.485±0.027
0.503 +0.019-0.038
 ---
P
(days)
3.36100260+0.00000061-0.00000630
 --- 3.36100215±0.00000016
3.3610032+0.0000008-0.0000009
 3.36100237±0.00000014 3.36100207±0.00000021 3.36100239±0.00000037 3.3610100±0.0000028 --- 3.36 3.36100208±0.00000031
3.3610060 +0.0000022-0.0000035
 3.36100125300996±0.00000049218140
Rp
(R⨁)
12.54+0.19-0.20
 12.0 --- --- --- ---
13.72+0.57-0.58
 11.5±1.1 --- 13.7 13.79±0.39
13.72 +0.57-0.58
 12.7400071096241±0.6397709000000
Rp
(RJup)
1.119+0.017-0.018
 1.07 --- --- --- ---
1.224+0.051-0.052
 1.03±0.10 --- 1.22 1.230±0.035
1.224 +0.051-0.052
 1.13658926271718±0.05707663498787
a/R✶
11.21+0.13-0.14
 --- 10.9±0.3
10.81+0.21-0.18
 --- --- --- 10.62±0.41 --- --- --- --- ---
b
0.195+0.077-0.114
 --- ---
0.332+0.052-0.084
 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Rp/R✶
--- --- 0.1446±0.0009
0.1453+0.0014-0.0020
 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.1463±0.0012 --- ---
TC
(days)
2454596.432600+0.000762-0.000750
(BJD)
--- 2455883.696962±0.000065
(BJD-TDB)
2459110.25922+0.00015-0.00014
(BJD)
2456132.410973±0.000075
(BJD-TDB)
2455591.28967±0.00007
(BJD-TDB)
2455278.716260±0.000085
(BJD-TDB)
--- --- --- 2454425.02180±0.00011
(BJD/TDB)
2454596.43267 +0.00015-0.00010
(HJD)
2458357.39474400±0.00009701
(BJD)
S
(S⨁)
288+47-45
 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 273.027295895151
i
(deg)
89.00+0.59-0.41
 ---
88.5+0.7-0.5
 --- --- ---
88.47+0.65-0.47
 88.47±0.56 --- --- 88.38±0.31
88.47 +0.65-0.47
 ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
0.440+0.031-0.029
 --- --- --- --- ---
0.326+0.048-0.043
 --- --- --- 0.325±0.059 0.359±0.067 ---
K
(m/s)
69.6+2.6-2.7
 --- --- --- --- ---
71.6+2.4-2.6
 74.3±1.5 --- ---
74.3+1.7-1.4
 --- ---
e
--- ---
0.054+0.018-0.015
 --- --- --- <0.070 0.05±0.02 --- ---
0.054+0.018-0.015
0.054 +0.018-0.015
 ---
δ
(%)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2.100±0.022 --- --- ---
2.092 +0.019-0.025
 2.40817810522965±0.01012140050000
a
(au)
--- --- --- --- --- ---
0.04217+0.00079-0.00120
 --- --- --- 0.0414±0.0010
0.0421 +0.0008-0.0013
 ---
λ
(deg)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 7.2±3.7 --- ---
T14
(hours)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
2.6064 +0.01752-0.01608
 2.56858693981516±0.01541930700000
ω
(deg)
--- ---
1.70+0.12-0.23
 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
1.70 +0.12-0.23
 ---
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Literature Time Series (3 File Types, 8 Files)
File Type Data Points Filter Reference
Photometric Light Curve     9630 Clear, no filter Gillon et al. 2009
Photometric Light Curve     4167 V+R (Generic) Gillon et al. 2009
Photometric Light Curve     2857 V+R (Generic) Gillon et al. 2009
Photometric Light Curve     230 i (Sloan) Gillon et al. 2009
Photometric Light Curve     9285 Clear, no filter SuperWASP Consortium
Radial Velocity Curve     44 Optical Spectra Gillon et al. 2009
Radial Velocity Curve     35 Optical Spectra Gillon et al. 2009
Amateur Light Curve     159 R (Generic) Amateur-Contributed Light Curves
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1 Confirmed Planets
1 2MASS Point Source Catalog
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4 KELT Time Series
1 SuperWASP Time Series
1 Associated Literature Data
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