The WASP-172 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1755.08 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.49 solar masses |
Radius | 1.91 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6900 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.1 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.79 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-172 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 149.380 Earth masses |
Density | 0.160 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 17.598 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0694 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.477 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 |