The WASP-99 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 517.48 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.64 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6150 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.21 decimal exponent |
Age | 3 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WASP-99 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 772.327 Earth masses |
Density | 2.790 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 11.433 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0717 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.753 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 |