CoRoT-6 is 2,105 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F9 V star; the first was found in 2009 by transit (CoRoT).
Fly there in 3DCoRoT-6 b goes round its star every 8.89 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F9 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,090 K |
| Mass | 1.05 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.025 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.061 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 13.961 |
| Age | about 2.5 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 2104.7 light-years (645.3 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 281.0726°, Dec 6.6632° |
| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoRoT-6 b | 8.89 days | 0.0855 AU | 13.068 R⊕ | 940.74 M⊕ | Transit, 2009 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 6,090 K, 1.1 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.96 to 1.68 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 2,105 years ago, around 100 BC.