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دبلیوای‌اس‌پی-۱۷بی
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دبلیوای‌اس‌پی-۱۷بی

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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

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Pl
Distance
1,315 light-years
Coordinates
RA 239.9623° · Dec -28.0618°
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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

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