The WASP-138 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1351.05 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.22 solar masses |
Radius | 1.36 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6272 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.09 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.44 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-138 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 387.753 Earth masses |
Density | 1.200 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.218 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0494 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | 3.634 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2017-03 |
Reference | Lam et al. 2017 |