WASP-94 B is a Sun-like F-type star (about 1.24 solar masses, 6,040 K, 1.35 solar radii), 209 light-years from Earth. WASP-94 B b is a 0.62-Jupiter-mass companion, with an orbital period of 2.0 days, at 0.034 AU from its star, discovered in 2014 via radial velocity. The inner world is a hot Jupiter — a gas giant hugging its star at a fraction of Mercury's distance — a class that forced astronomers to rethink how giant planets form and migrate inward. WASP-94 B b skims its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

WASP-94 B - System

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