WASP-6

Display orbital revolution around the star WASP-6
Imaginary Picture of Star WASP-6
Star Name : WASP-6
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 601.7638 (LY) 184.5018 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.8700 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.8880 (Msun/observed) 0.8880 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : G8
Metalicity : -0.2000
Absolute Magnitude : 6.07
Apparent Magnitude : 12.40
Right Ascension(RA) : 348.15730
Declination(DEC) : -22.67389
  • This is the WASP-6 . The star WASP-6 islocated about 601.8 light-years (184.5 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star WASP-6 has apparent magnitude of 12.4, with absolute magnitude of 6.1.
  • It is 0.9 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5450 with its spectral types of G8
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet WASP-6 b radius 1.224000 mass 0.503000 orbital distance 0.042100
    (Illustration of the WASP-6's Planetary System)



    The Star WASP-6 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.560 AU ( 83747214.2 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.774 AU ( 115760535.8 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.179 AU ( 176393438.9 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.735 AU ( 259570672.6 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-6)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.591 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.749 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.723 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.793 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-6 distance : 1.335 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-6 distance : 1.409 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-6)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.589 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.771 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.779 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-6 distance : 1.359 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-6 distance : 1.413 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-6)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-6 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-6 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star Kepler-1790*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102