COROT-6b

COROT-6b (previously named COROT-Exo-6b)
 is an exoplanet that was reportedly discovered by the COROT mission team on February 2, 2009 orbiting the unidentified star COROT-6. It is located in the Ophiuchus constellation.
==Properties and location==
This planetary object is reported to be about 3.3 times the mass of the planet Jupiter and 1.17 times its size with an orbital period of 8.88 days. It is a hot Jupiter with a temperature between 700 and 1000 °C.
==See also==
* COROT-5
* COROT - an operational French-led ESA planet-hunting mission spacecraft, launched in 2006
==References==
==External links==
* ESA Portal - Exoplanet hunt update
Category:Exoplanets
Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2009
Category:Gas giants
Category:Hot Jupiters
Category:Transiting exoplanets
Category:Monoceros (constellation)
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