Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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WASP-6 b
Host star WASP-6 • 12.54 R⊕ • 3.36 d orbit
Records
13
archive rows
Discovery
2009
Transit
Radius
12.54 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
148.4 M⊕
default parameter set
WASP-6
1167 K equilibrium
Canonical Summary
Adopted planet values from the default parameter set
Values come from the archive's default parameter set. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Selected source: McGruder et al. 2023
Host Star
WASP-6
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2009
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.36 day
3.36 to 3.36
Radius
12.54 Rearth
11.55 to 13.79
Mass
148.4 Mearth
117.6 to 160
Density
0.44 g/cm**3
0.33 to 0.44
Equilibrium Temperature
1167 K
1036.7 to 1184
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 12.54 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
WASP-6 b
12.54 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
13
Refs
13
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Periodstable
Radiusdisputed
Massdisputed
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | 13.67 Rearth | 158.9 Mearth | 1150 K | Sing et al. 2016 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | 13.72 Rearth | 160 Mearth | — | Gillon et al. 2009 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | 13.79 Rearth | 154.1 Mearth | 1184 K | Tregloan-Reed et al. 2015 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | 12.74 Rearth | — | 1036.7 K | ExoFOP |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | 12.54 Rearth | 148.4 Mearth | 1167 K | McGruder et al. 2023 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | — | — | 1145 K | Barstow et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | 11.55 Rearth | 117.6 Mearth | — | Stassun et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | 13.72 Rearth | 153.5 Mearth | — | Bonomo et al. 2017 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | — | 11.99 Rearth | — | — | Panek et al. 2023 |
| 2009 | Transit | SuperWASP | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.36 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |