Temperature
5438 K
5372 to 5450
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-6
Unclassified star • 197.1 pc
Records
10
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
11
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 204376737
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: McGruder et al. 2023 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.85 Msun
0.55 to 0.93
Radius
0.79 Rsun
0.73 to 0.87
Age
3.20 Gyr
3.20 to 11
Distance
197.1 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.79 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-6
0.79 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-6 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2009
Period
3.36 days
Radius
12.54 R⊕
Mass
148.4 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1167 K
WASP-6 b: A Jupiter-Like World in a Close Orbit
WASP-6 is a star located 643 light-years away, with a mass of 0.854 solar masses and a radius of 0.79 solar radii. Its reported mass and radius estimates are both smaller than the Sun's, and its temperature of 5440 K is cooler than the Sun's. The star is 3.2 billion years old.
One planet orbits WASP-6: WASP-6 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered by transit in 2009. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness. WASP-6 b has a mass of 148 Earth masses and a radius of 12.5 Earth radii, both larger than Earth's. Its orbital period is 3.36 days, and its mean density is 0.414 g/cm³, 0.0752 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
10
Stellar refs
10
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5450 | 0.55 | 0.73 | — | — | — | 197.1 | Stassun et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 5450 | 0.88 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 197.1 | Gillon et al. 2009 | TICv8 |
| 5375 | — | 0.82 | — | — | — | 197.1 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 5438 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 3.20 | — | — | 197.1 | McGruder et al. 2023 | TICv8 |
| 5447 | — | — | — | — | — | 197.1 | Tsantaki et al. 2014 | TICv8 |
| 5450 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 11 | — | — | 197.1 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 5383 | 0.82 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 197.1 | Mortier et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5380.7 | 0.93 | 0.82 | — | -0.30 | — | 197.1 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5375 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 9 | — | — | 197.1 | Tregloan-Reed et al. 2015 | TICv8 |
| 5372 | — | 0.81 | — | -0.31 | — | 197.1 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |