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HAT-P-6b is a transiting extrasolar planet located approximately 650 light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda orbiting the star HAT-P-6. This hot Jupiter planet orbits with a semi-major axis of about 7.832 gigameters and takes 92 hours 28 minutes 17 seconds and 9 deciseconds to orbit the star. It has true mass of 5.7% greater than Jupiter and a radius 33% greater than Jupiter corresponding to a density of 0.45 g/cm3 which is less than water. This planet was found by Noyes et al.

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