The WASP-132 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 400.88 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.78 solar masses |
Radius | 0.75 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4714 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.18 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.2 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-132 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 130.310 Earth masses |
Density | 0.840 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 10.050 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.067 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.07 |
Orbital Period | 7.134 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 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, WASP-132 c is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 37.350 Earth masses |
Density | NaN grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.850 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0182 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.13 |
Orbital Period | 1.012 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Discovery Telescope | 0.1 m TESS Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | TESS CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2022-05 |
Reference | Hord et al. 2022 |