Discovery Method
Transit
Consistent across records
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XO-6 b
Host star XO-6 • 23.20 R⊕ • 3.77 d orbit
Records
6
archive rows
Discovery
2016
Transit
Radius
23.20 R⊕
default parameter set
Mass
1398.5 M⊕
default parameter set
XO-6
1577 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: Crouzet et al. 2017
Host Star
XO-6
Stable across source rows
Discovery Year
2016
Stable across source rows
Orbital Period
3.77 day
3.76 to 3.77
Semi-Major Axis
0.08 au
single adopted value
Radius
23.20 Rearth
17.82 to 23.20
Mass
1398.5 Mearth
single adopted value
Density
0.62 g/cm**3
single adopted value
Equilibrium Temperature
1577 K
1367 to 1577
Scale Comparison
Radius against familiar reference worlds
Current adopted radius: 23.20 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius
Earth
1.0 R⊕ baseline
XO-6 b
23.20 R⊕
Jupiter
11.2 R⊕ reference
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Refs
6
Methods
1
Discoverystable
Facilitystable
Perioddisputed
Radiusdisputed
Massstable
Eq. Tempdisputed
| Year | Method | Facility | Telescope | Period | Radius | Mass | Eq. Temp | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Transit | XO | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.76 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2023 |
| 2016 | Transit | XO | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.76 day | — | — | — | Ivshina & Winn 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | XO | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.77 day | 23.20 Rearth | 1398.5 Mearth | 1577 K | Crouzet et al. 2017 |
| 2016 | Transit | XO | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.76 day | — | — | — | Patel & Espinoza 2022 |
| 2016 | Transit | XO | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.76 day | 17.82 Rearth | — | 1367 K | ExoFOP |
| 2016 | Transit | XO | Canon 200mm f/1.8L | 3.76 day | — | — | — | Kokori et al. 2022 |