Kepler-6

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Database links to Kepler-6

Star
Kepler-6

Kepler-6-Sun comparison.png

Schematic size comparison between Kepler-6 (left) and the sun (right)

Observation
dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0

Right ascension

19 ^h 47 ^m 20.9 ^s

+ 48 ° 14 ′ 23.8 ″

Typing

Known exoplanets

1

Radial velocity

(−49.14 ± 0.10) km / s

Physical Properties

1.209 ± 0.038 M _☉

1.391 ± 0.034 R _☉

Effective temperature

5647 ± 44 K

Metallicity [Fe / H]

+0.34 ± 0.04

Other names
and catalog entries

2MASS catalog	2MASS J19472094 + 4814238 [1]
Other names	USNO-A2.0 1350-11067949

Kepler-6 is a star in the constellation Swan that is orbited by an exoplanet with the systematic name Kepler-6b .

Size comparison of the first five planets discovered by the Kepler mission. The Kepler-6b shown in green is only slightly larger than Jupiter.

The exoplanet Kepler-6b orbits the central star with a period of 3.235 days and is counted among the so-called Hot Jupiters . With a radius of about 1.3 Jupiter radii, it has a mass of about 0.7 Jupiter masses. The exoplanet was within the Kepler mission of NASA using the transit method discovered; its discovery was announced in January 2010.

Web links

The exoplanet in the "Encyclopedia of Extrasolar Planets"

See also

Individual evidence

↑ Simbad. simbad.u-strasbg.fr, July 30, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kepler-6b. exoplanet.eu, July 30, 2012, accessed July 30, 2012 .