This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-6. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2009A+A...501..785G | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2009 / 1 / 29 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 23 12 37.75 | h m s |
| Declination | −22 40 26.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 348.15729 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -22.67392 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.16 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.32 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.10860 ( 2.6064 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 2.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454425.02180 ± 0.00011 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.36100208 ± 0.00000031 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2015MNRAS.450.1760T |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5430 +48 −58 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.20 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.662 +0.049 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.799 +0.016 −0.013 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.453 +0.020 −0.019 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.296 ± 0.053 ( 1.829 ± 0.075 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.054 +0.018 −0.014 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.03827 +0.00092 −0.00079 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.415 +0.023 −0.018 ( 131.92 +7.31 −5.72 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.138 +0.025 −0.020 ( 12.76 + 0.28 − 0.22 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 7.96 +0.30 −0.28 2.90 +0.02 −0.02 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.282 +0.013 −0.012 ( 0.374 +0.017 −0.016 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1196 +13 −14 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2026MNRAS.545S2063M |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Gillon et al. (2009) | −11 + 18 - 14 |
| Tregloan-Reed et al. (2015) | 7.2 ± 3.7 |
Page generated on 2026/01/29 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)