The WASP-121 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 880.29 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.36 solar masses |
Radius | 1.46 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6776 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.13 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-121 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 367.727 Earth masses |
Density | 0.266 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 19.649 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.02596 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.275 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | e2v CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2016-06 |
Reference | Delrez et al. 2016 |