ExoAtmospheres
IAC community database for exoplanet atmospheric observations

 

WASP-6 b

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type Hot Jupiter
Period 3.361006 d
Mass 0.503 MJ 159.8534 M⊕
Radius 1.224 RJ 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
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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.