The WASP-131 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 652.56 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.06 solar masses |
Radius | 1.53 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6030 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.18 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-131 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 85.814 Earth masses |
Density | 0.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.675 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0607 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.322 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP-South |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2017-03 |
Reference | Hellier et al. 2017 |