The WASP-18 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 402.75 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.29 solar masses |
Radius | 1.32 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6432 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.107 decimal exponent |
Age | 1.57 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-18 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 3241.850 Earth masses |
Density | 6.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.899 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.02024 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0051 |
Orbital Period | 0.941 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2009-08 |
Reference | Hellier et al. 2009 |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-18 c is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 55.200 Earth masses |
Density | 0.480 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 8.580 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.035 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.015 |
Orbital Period | 2.156 days |
Discovery Method | Transit Timing Variations |
Discovery Facility | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) |
Discovery Telescope | 0.1 m TESS Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | TESS CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2019-12 |
Reference | Pearson 2019 |