This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system NGTS-6. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2019MNRAS.489.4125V | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2019 / 4 / 17 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | NGTS | |
| Right ascension | 05 03 10.90 | h m s |
| Declination | −30 23 57.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 75.79542 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -30.39933 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.09 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.65 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.035 ( 0.84 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 2.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457982.3784 ± 0.0003 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 0.882059 ± 0.0000008 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019MNRAS.489.4125V |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4730 +44 −40 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.11 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.767 ± 0.025 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.754 ± 0.013 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.63 ± 0.12 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.767 ± 0.058 ( 3.904 ± 0.082 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.01677 ± 0.00032 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.339 ± 0.028 ( 425.65 ± 8.90 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.326 +0.097 −0.112 ( 14.9 + 1.1 − 1.3 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.54 +0.11 −0.18 ( 0.72 +0.15 −0.24 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1284 ± 12 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019MNRAS.489.4125V |
NGTS-6 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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