Discovery date February 2, 2009 Discovery site Earth orbit | Discoverer(s) COROT mission Discovery status Announced | |
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COROT-6b (previously named COROT-Exo-6b) is an exoplanet that was reportedly discovered by the COROT mission team on February 2, 2009 orbiting the unidentified star COROT-6. It is located in the Ophiuchus constellation.
Properties and location
This planetary object is reported to be about 3.3 times the mass of the planet Jupiter and 1.17 times its size with an orbital period of 8.88 days. It is a hot Jupiter with a temperature between 700 and 1000 °C.
References
COROT-6b Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA