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CoRoT-6

F9 V • 645.3 pc

Records

5

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

6

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 130502317

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: Fridlund et al. 2010 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

6090 K

5357.4 to 6206

5 values • 3 distinct

Mass

1.05 Msun

1.05 to 1.19

4 values • 3 distinct

Radius

1.02 Rsun

1.02 to 1.20

5 values • 4 distinct

Distance

645.3 pc

single adopted value

5 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Type

F9 V

Consistent across records

F9 V (1)

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 1.02 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

CoRoT-6

1.02 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

CoRoT-6 b

Transit

◌

Discovery

2009

Period

8.89 days

Radius

13.07 R⊕

Mass

940.7 M⊕

Eq. Temp

1017 K

CoRoT-6 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet

CoRoT-6 is a star 2100 light-years away with a spectral type of F9 V, placing it among the hotter, yellow-white main-sequence stars. Its mass is 1.05 solar masses, its radius is 1.02 solar radii, and its temperature is 6090 K, hotter than the Sun's. One planet is known to orbit this host.

That planet, CoRoT-6 b, was discovered by the transit method in 2009. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness, and repeated dips help establish orbital periods. CoRoT-6 b completes one orbit every 8.89 days.

CoRoT-6 b is a Jupiter-like planet, a size class that exceeds 4 times Earth's radius. Its radius is 13.1 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Its mass is 941 Earth masses, also larger than Earth's and roughly 2.96 times Jupiter's mass. Its mean density is 2.32 g/cm³, 0.422 times Earth's.

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

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Evidence Summary

Rows

5

Stellar refs

5

System refs

1

Distancestable

5 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

5 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Radiusdisputed

5 values • 4 distinct

Agestable

2 values • 1 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Metallicitystable

3 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
60901.051.022.50——645.3Bonomo et al. 2017TICv8
62061.191.09—0.20—645.3TICv8TICv8
60901.051.042.50——645.3Southworth 2011TICv8
60901.051.02——F9 V645.3Fridlund et al. 2010TICv8
5357.4—1.20—0.03—645.3Gaia DR2TICv8