The WASP-48 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1481.22 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.88 solar masses |
Radius | 1.58 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5920 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.12 decimal exponent |
Age | 7.9 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-48 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 254.264 Earth masses |
Density | 0.415 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 16.814 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.03444 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.144 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2011-09 |
Reference | Enoch et al. 2011 |