WASP-6b
[1][4] Starspots on the host star WASP-6 helped to refine the measurements of the mass and the radius of the planet.
[5] In 2019 the IAU announced as part of NameExoWorlds that WASP-6 and its planet WASP-6b would be given official names chosen by school children from The Dominican Republic.
[8][9] A study in 2012, utilizing the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, determined that the planetary orbit is probably aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, with misalignment equal to -11+18−14°.
The study observed a decrease in transit depth as a function of wavelength, characteristic of a scattering haze.
[12] A study in 2015, using the Spitzer Space Telescope detected the eclipse of the planet behind the host star.
Comparison of "
hot Jupiter
" exoplanets (artist concept).
From top left to lower right: WASP-12b , WASP-6b, WASP-31b , WASP-39b , HD 189733b , HAT-P-12b , WASP-17b , WASP-19b , HAT-P-1b and HD 209458b .