The WASP-98 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 918.92 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.81 solar masses |
Radius | 0.74 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5473 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.49 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.7 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-98 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 293.039 Earth masses |
Density | 0.764 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.823 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.03762 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.07 |
Orbital Period | 2.963 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 |