The WASP-123 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 645.78 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.17 solar masses |
Radius | 1.29 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5740 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.18 decimal exponent |
Age | 6.9 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-123 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 285.729 Earth masses |
Density | 0.521 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.773 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.04263 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.978 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2016-06 |
Reference | Turner et al. 2016 |