Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 13.07 Earth radii
A mass of 940.74 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 5.51 g
An orbital period of 8.887 days
Semi-major axis 0.0855 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,017 K (744 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,104.67 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.160
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,115,767 years

CoRoT-6 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

13.07 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.166 R♃

Mass

940.74 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

2.960 M♃

Density

2.32 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

5.51 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.160

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2009

Method Transit

Facility CoRoT

Telescope 0.27 m CoRoT Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#953of 1771

top 53.8%

This planet

13.07R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

WASP-50 b 13.07 R⊕ HATS-77 b 13.06 R⊕ TOI-3688 A b 13.08 R⊕

Metric	Earth	CoRoT-6 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	13.07	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	940.74	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	2.32	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	5.51	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	940.740 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 130502317

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 4285684673395749120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 4285684673395749120

System

CoRoT-6

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.068 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771

Mass 940.740 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 8.89 d · percentile 43 / cohort 1533

Distance 645.29 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.160 · percentile 37 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

8.887 days

Semi-major axis

0.0855 AU

Eccentricity

0.100

Inclination

89.07 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.89 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0855 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

4.080 h

Impact parameter b

0.291

Rp / R★

0.116900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,595.6144

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.116900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.940

Impact parameter (b)

0.291

RV semi-amplitude (K)

280.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,595.6144

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13200

Eq. Temperature

1,017K

(744 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.160

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Fridlund et al. 2010

Instrument

CoRoT CCD Array

Publication

2010-03

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2009 at CoRoT (4 shown).

CoRoT-7 c · Sub-Neptune CoRoT-9 b · Gas Giant CoRoT-7 b · Super-Earth CoRoT-5 b · Gas Giant

Host System: CoRoT-6

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,090 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.50 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.025 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.050 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.430 dex

Stellar density

1.310 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-18.24 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

7.60 km/s

Rotation period

6.40 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

645.29 parsec

Light-years 2,104.67 ly

V-band magnitude

13.96 mag

Voyager-speed travel 37,115,767 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.522 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.811 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.51 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.191 · y = -0.975 · z = 0.116

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.07256° · Dec 6.66321°

Galactic ℓ, b

38.063° · 4.616°

Ecliptic λ, β

282.671° · 29.617°

HTM-20 index

-1880293871