WASP-6b
WASP-6b is an extrasolar planet approximately 600 light years away in the constellation Aquarius. It was discovered in 2008, by the WASP survey, by astronomical transit across its parent star WASP-6. This planet orbits only 4% that of Earth-Sun distance. The planet has mass half that of Jupiter, but its insolation has forced a thermal expansion of its radius over that of Jupiter. The planet is an inflated Hot Jupiter. Starspots on the host star WASP-6 helped to refine the measurements of the mass and the radius of the planet.
Q44559
extrasolar planet
Concept
Q10576
Aquarius
CEL
Q572830
WASP
MISC
Q6888
astronomical transit
Concept
Q1811358
WASP-6
CEL
Q2
Earth
CEL
Q525
Sun
CEL
Q7556707
insolation
Concept
Q6583695
thermal expansion
Concept
Q382979
Hot Jupiter
CEL
Q1893536
Starspot
Concept
Q1196362
WASP-6b
CEL
2008-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2008
DATE
-6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-6
NUMBER
-6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-6
NUMBER
+4^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
4
NUMBER
-6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-6
NUMBER
instance of
constellation
parent astronomical body