The WASP-87 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 973.22 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.2 solar masses |
Radius | 1.63 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6450 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-87 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 692.869 Earth masses |
Density | 1.020 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 15.524 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.02946 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.683 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | UCLES Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2016-05 |
Reference | Addison et al. 2016 |