The WTS-2 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 3361.91 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.82 solar masses |
Radius | 0.75 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5000 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.2 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.6 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, WTS-2 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 355.970 Earth masses |
Density | 0.540 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 15.278 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.01855 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.019 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | United Kingdom Infrared Telescope |
Discovery Telescope | 3.8 m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | WFCam Wide Field Camera |
Discovery Date | 2014-05 |
Reference | Birkby et al. 2014 |