The WASP-56 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1047.23 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.71 solar masses |
Radius | 0.96 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5600 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.12 decimal exponent |
Age | 6.2 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-56 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 143.024 Earth masses |
Density | 0.583 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 10.536 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.05614 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 4.617 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2013-03 |
Reference | Faedi et al. 2013 |