The WASP-178 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1394.90 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 2.07 solar masses |
Radius | 1.67 solar radiae |
Temperature | 9360 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.21 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.43 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-178 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 527.598 Earth masses |
Density | 0.370 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 20.288 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0558 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.345 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | WASP-South |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2019-11 |
Reference | Hellier et al. 2019 |