The WASP-157 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1089.48 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.06 solar masses |
Radius | 1.1 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5772 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.25 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-157 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 182.434 Earth masses |
Density | 0.640 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.190 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0499 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.952 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2016-12 |
Reference | Močnik et al. 2016 |