Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: IX. CoRoT-6b: A transiting hot Jupiter planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star

M. Fridlund; G. Hébrard; R. Alonso; M. Deleuil; D. Gandolfi; M. Gillon; H. Bruntt; A. Alapini; Sz Csizmadia; T. Guillot; H. Lammer; S. Aigrain; J. M. Almenara; M. Auvergne; A. Baglin; P. Barge; P. Bordé; F. Bouchy; J. Cabrera; L. Carone; S. Carpano; H. J. Deeg; R. De La Reza; R. Dvorak; A. Erikson; S. Ferraz-Mello; E. Guenther; P. Gondoin; R. Den Hartog; A. Hatzes; L. Jorda; A. Léger; A. Llebaria; P. Magain; T. Mazeh; C. Moutou; M. Ollivier; M. Pätzold; D. Queloz; H. Rauer; D. Rouan; B. Samuel; J. Schneider; A. Shporer; B. Stecklum; B. Tingley; J. Weingrill; G. Wuchterl

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: IX. CoRoT-6b: A transiting hot Jupiter planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star

M. Fridlund^*, G. Hébrard, R. Alonso, M. Deleuil, D. Gandolfi, M. Gillon, H. Bruntt, A. Alapini, Sz Csizmadia, T. Guillot, H. Lammer, S. Aigrain, J. M. Almenara, M. Auvergne, A. Baglin, P. Barge, P. Bordé, F. Bouchy, J. Cabrera, L. CaroneS. Carpano, H. J. Deeg, R. De La Reza, R. Dvorak, A. Erikson, S. Ferraz-Mello, E. Guenther, P. Gondoin, R. Den Hartog, A. Hatzes, L. Jorda, A. Léger, A. Llebaria, P. Magain, T. Mazeh, C. Moutou, M. Ollivier, M. Pätzold, D. Queloz, H. Rauer, D. Rouan, B. Samuel, J. Schneider, A. Shporer, B. Stecklum, B. Tingley, J. Weingrill, G. Wuchterl

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The CoRoT satellite exoplanetary team announces its sixth transiting planet in this paper. We describe and discuss the satellite observations as well as the complementary ground-based observations-photometric and spectroscopic- carried out to assess the planetary nature of the object and determine its specific physical parameters. The discovery reported here is a "hot Jupiter" planet in an 8.9d orbit, 18 stellar radii, or 0.08 AU, away from its primary star, which is a solar-type star (F9V) with an estimated age of 3.0 Gyr. The planet mass is close to 3 times that of Jupiter. The star has a metallicity of 0.2 dex lower than the Sun, and a relatively high ⁷Li abundance. While the light curve indicates a much higher level of activity than, e.g., the Sun, there is no sign of activity spectroscopically in e.g., the [Ca ii] H&K lines.

Original language	English
Article number	A14
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	512
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913767
State	Published - 23 Mar 2010

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Planetary systems
Techniques: photometric
Techniques: radial velocities
Techniques: spectroscopic

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Fridlund, M., Hébrard, G., Alonso, R., Deleuil, M., Gandolfi, D., Gillon, M., Bruntt, H., Alapini, A., Csizmadia, S., Guillot, T., Lammer, H., Aigrain, S., Almenara, J. M., Auvergne, M., Baglin, A., Barge, P., Bordé, P., Bouchy, F., Cabrera, J., ... Wuchterl, G. (2010). Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: IX. CoRoT-6b: A transiting hot Jupiter planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 512(3), Article A14. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913767

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: IX. CoRoT-6b: A transiting hot Jupiter planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star

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