Imaginary Picture of WASP-6 b

Display orbital revolution of WASP-6 b around the hoststar WASP-6
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Exoplanet Name : WASP-6 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 1.2240 (Rjup) 13.7198 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 0.5030 (Mjup) 159.9228 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0421 (AU) 0.0421 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0540
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0092
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 3.36 (Days Obs.) 3.35 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 0.8496
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 462024.6 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1163.6 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1092.8 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 884.2 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1383.8 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1299.5 (K)
Size Class: Super-Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : WASP-6
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 601.8
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.9 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.9 (Msun Measured) 0.9 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 11.0 (GY)
Temperature : 5450 (K)
Spectral type : G8
UV portion[%]: 6.6
Visible portion[%]: 42.8
IR portion[%]: 50.5
Metalicity : -0.2
Absolute Magnitude: 6.1
Apparent Magnitude: 12.4
Right Ascension(RA) 348.1573
Declination (DEC) -22.6739
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors CUTRI R.M.; SKRUTSKIE M.F.; VAN DYK S.; BEICHMAN C.A.; CARPENTER J.M.; CHESTER T.; CAMBRESY L.; EVANS T.; FOWLER J.; GIZIS J.; HOWARD E.; HUCHRA J.; JARRETT T.; KOPAN E.L.; KIRKPATRICK J.D.; LIGHT R.M.; MARSH K.A.; McCALLON H.; SCHNEIDER S.; STIENING R.;
Discovery Paper - Title 2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=WASP-6+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/WASP-6%20b/
WASP-6 b
WASP-6 b

  • WASP-6 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-6, located about 601.8 light-years (184.5 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2008.
  • The host 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
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet WASP-6 b orbits around the star WASP-6 every 3.4 days with its orbital distance of 0.04 AU ( 6298070.4 km)
  • (Projected orbit of WASP-6 b around its host star WASP-6)


  • 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)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of WASP-6 b : 462024.64 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-6)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.591 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.749 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.723 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-6 distance : 0.793 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-6 distance : 1.335 AU
  • Kopparapu 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 and its Exoplanet WASP-6 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-6 and its Exoplanet WASP-6 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star WASP-6*)
    *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