The WASP-4 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 871.51 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.86 solar masses |
Radius | 0.89 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5400 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.07 decimal exponent |
Age | 7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-4 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 376.946 Earth masses |
Density | 0.612 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.807 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0226 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.338 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2008-03 |
Reference | Wilson et al. 2008 |