Finding Earth 2.0
WASP-6

WASP-6 b

Rank #4719 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2009

HZ 0%measured

0.072

Earth-2.0 index

0.105

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

12.54 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass148.426 M⊕measured
Bulk density0.440 g/cm³
Orbital period3.3610 days
Semi-major axis0.04217 au
Eccentricity0.054
Incident flux288.000 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature1047.2 K
Transit-time σ at 203021.4 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.21 masReflected-light contrast 1.54e-5 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources5 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage83%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostWASP-6
Spectral typeG
Effective temperature5438 K
Radius0.790 R☉
Mass0.854 M☉
Distance197.1 pc / 642.9 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2009