The WASP-45 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 688.83 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.85 solar masses |
Radius | 0.86 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5150 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 12.7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-45 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 306.388 Earth masses |
Density | 1.418 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 10.604 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.03963 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.043 |
Orbital Period | 3.126 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 |