The WASP-97 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 492.72 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.18 solar masses |
Radius | 1.08 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5640 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.23 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.8 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-97 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 432.249 Earth masses |
Density | 1.210 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.778 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.03303 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.073 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | SuperWASP |
Discovery Telescope | Canon 200mm f/1.8L |
Discovery Instrument | iKon-L CCD Camera |
Discovery Date | 2014-05 |
Reference | Hellier et al. 2014 |