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WASP-6 b
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Planet status
Confirmed
Planet type
Hot Jupiter
Period
3.361006 d
Mass
0.503 M
J
159.8534 M⊕
Radius
1.224 R
J
13.7088 R⊕
Semi major axis
0.0421 AU
Star name
WASP-6
Star distance
307 pc
Star teff
5450 K
Star radius
0.87 R☉
Temperature (calculated)
1194 K
V
12.4 mag
J
10.769 mag
K
10.325 mag
Alternate names
Exoplanet Encyclopaedia
Molecules
Na:
Detection
K:
Detection
H2O:
Detection
G-B: Low resolution visible
Detection of Na, K and H$_2$O in the hazy atmosphere of WASP-6b
2019, Aarynn L. Carter, Nikolay Nikolov
et al.