The WASP-68 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 738.41 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.49 solar masses |
Radius | 1.79 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5910 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.22 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-68 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 343.256 Earth masses |
Density | 0.665 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 14.796 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.06206 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.084 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2014-03 |
Reference | Delrez et al. 2014 |