XO-6 b
Orbiting XO-6
XO-6 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star XO-6, discovered in 2016 using the Transit method. It is a Jupiter-sized world.
Radius
23.20
Earth radii
Mass
1398.45
Earth masses
Orbital Period
3.8
days
Distance
235.5
parsecs
Equilibrium Temp
1577
K
Radius (Earth radii)
23.20
Mass (Earth masses)
1398.45
Measured
Equilibrium Temperature
1577 K
Orbital Period
3.77 days
Distance from Earth
235.5 pc (~768 ly)
Spectral Type
F5
Temperature
6720 K
Mass (Solar)
1.47 M☉
Radius (Solar)
1.93 R☉
Luminosity
Unknown
Planets in System
1
Stars in System
1
Coordinates (RA, Dec)
94.7930°, 73.8276°
Discovery Method
Transit
Discovery Year
2016
Source ID: XO-6 b
XO-6 b orbits XO-6 and was reported in 2016 and was detected with the Transit method.
Published measurements list a radius of 23.2 Earth radii, a mass of 1,398.45 Earth masses, an orbital period of 3.77 days, and an equilibrium temperature near 1,577 K.
Catalog data places the system at about 235.5 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as F5, and 1 known planet in the system.
Host star
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