Discovery[1] | |
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Discovery site | Haleakalā Observatory in Maui, Hawaii |
Discovery date | December 8th, 2016 |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
0.0815±0.0077 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.00 (fixed) |
3.7649939±0.0000013 d | |
Inclination | 86.0°±0.2° |
2,458,843.93943±0.00012 JD | |
Semi-amplitude | <450 m/s |
Physical characteristics[1] | |
2.07±0.22 RJ | |
Mass | 1.9±0.5 MJ or <4.4 MJ |
Mean density | 0.27 ± 0.11 g/cm3 or <0.62 g/cm3[citation needed] |
Temperature | 1,577±28 K |
XO-6b is a transiting exoplanet, a hot Jupiter, orbiting the star XO-6 around 760 light years (230 parsecs) away from Earth. It was discovered in 2016 by the XO planet search team.[2][3]