دبلیوایاسپی-۱۷بی
Also known as WASP-17b, CD-27 10695b, WASP-17 b, TOI-1050.01, TOI-1050b, TIC 66818296b
WASP-17b, officially named Ditsö̀, is an exoplanet in the constellation Scorpius that is orbiting the star WASP-17. Its discovery was announced on 11 August 2009. It is the first planet discovered to have a retrograde orbit, meaning it orbits in a direction counter to the rotation of its host star. This discovery challenged traditional planetary formation theory. In terms of diameter, WASP-17b is one of the largest exoplanets discovered and at half Jupiter's mass, this made it the most puffy planet known in 2010. On 3 December 2013, scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope reported d
Key facts
- Planet.name
- WASP-17b / Ditsö̀
- Planet.image
- WASP-17b.jpg
- Planet.caption
- Artist impression of Ditsö̀
- Planet.discoverer
- David R. Anderson et al
- Planet.discovered
- 11 August 2009
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit (including secondary eclipse)
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.eccentricity
- <0.020
- Planet.arg_peri
- −70 or 210
- Planet.star
- WASP-17
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Exoplanet Comparison WASP-17 b.png