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CoRoT-6 b

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Right ascension: 18h 44m 17.41s
Declination: +06° 39′ 47.5″
Galactic l, b: 38.063, 4.616
Magnitude V: 13.96
Distance: 645.29 pc

Also known as

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CoRoT-6b

Planet

NASA Exoplanet Archive, composite parameters

Host star	CoRoT-6 · F5V
Discovery	Transit, 2009 · CoRoT
Orbital period	8.88659 d
Semi-major axis	0.0855 au
Eccentricity	0.1
Radius	13.068 R⊕ · 1.166 R♃
Mass	940.74 M⊕ · 2.96 M♃
Density	2.32 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature	1,017 K
System distance	645.29 pc

Published measurements

6 quantities measured more than once

One object can carry a dozen published estimates of the same quantity. The register keeps them side by side rather than picking a winner — the citation is part of the value.

Mass 3 values

Value	Unit	Uncertainty	Band / method	Source	Reference	Year
937.5985	M_earth	± 88.99	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Bonomo et al. 2017	2017
940.7768	M_earth	± 108.1	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Southworth 2011	2011
940.74	M_earth	± 108.1	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Fridlund et al. 2010	2010

Radius 3 values

Value	Unit	Uncertainty	Band / method	Source	Reference	Year
13.06969	R_earth	± 0.3923	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Bonomo et al. 2017	2017
13.28266	R_earth	± 0.4708	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Southworth 2011	2011
13.068	R_earth	± 0.392	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Fridlund et al. 2010	2010

Orbital period 4 values

Value	Unit	Uncertainty	Band / method	Source	Reference	Year
8.886629	d	± 6.00e-06	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Ivshina & Winn 2022	2022
8.886593	d	± 4.00e-05	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Bonomo et al. 2017	2017
8.886593	d	± 4.00e-06	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Southworth 2011	2011
8.886593	d	± 4.00e-06	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Fridlund et al. 2010	2010

Semi-major axis 3 values

Value	Unit	Uncertainty	Band / method	Source	Reference	Year
0.0854	au	± 0.0013	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Bonomo et al. 2017	2017
0.0855	au	± 0.0017	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Southworth 2011	2011
0.0855	au	± 0.0015	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Fridlund et al. 2010	2010

Eccentricity 2 values

Value	Unit	Uncertainty	Band / method	Source	Reference	Year
0.18			Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Bonomo et al. 2017	2017
0.1			Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Fridlund et al. 2010	2010

Equilibrium temperature 2 values

Value	Unit	Uncertainty	Band / method	Source	Reference	Year
1,025	K	± 16	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Southworth 2011	2011
1,017	K	± 19	Transit	NASA Exoplanet Archive	Fridlund et al. 2010	2010

In the same field

within 9 arcmin · wider search

Object	Type	Separation	V
CoRoT-6	Star	0.08903″	13.8
2MASS J18442542+0639214	RGB*	122.1″	—
2MASS J18440491+0639129	Star	189.5″	—
2MASS J18443214+0638367	Star	230.5″	—
3C 390.1	BLLac	291.2″	—
Gaia DR3 4285708450335303424	WhiteDwarf	318.4″	—
2MASS J18443429+0633591	Star	429.8″	—
PN K 4-4	Star	439.8″	—

Provenance

where this card came from

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/corot-6-b · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.