The Wendelstein-2 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1844.55 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.73 solar masses |
Radius | 0.66 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4591 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Wendelstein-2 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 232.334 Earth masses |
Density | 0.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 12.993 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0234 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.057 |
Orbital Period | 1.752 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Haleakala Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Gigapixel Camera 1 (GPC1) |
Discovery Date | 2020-07 |
Reference | Obermeier et al. 2020 |