The WASP-162 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1013.83 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.95 solar masses |
Radius | 1.11 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5300 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.28 decimal exponent |
Age | 12.97 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-162 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 1652.716 Earth masses |
Density | 6.900 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.209 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0871 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.434 |
Orbital Period | 9.625 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP-South |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2019-01 |
Reference | Hellier et al. 2019 |