The WASP-59 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 378.13 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.72 solar masses |
Radius | 0.61 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4650 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.15 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-59 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 274.276 Earth masses |
Density | 2.400 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 8.687 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0697 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.1 |
Orbital Period | 7.920 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2013-01 |
Reference | Hebrard et al. 2013 |