The WASP-44 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1188.88 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.94 solar masses |
Radius | 0.91 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5420 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.003 decimal exponent |
Age | 10.3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-44 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 276.512 Earth masses |
Density | 0.811 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.330 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.03453 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.068 |
Orbital Period | 2.424 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2012-05 |
Reference | Anderson et al. 2011 |