WASP-104b
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WASP-104b is a hot Jupiter exoplanet that orbits the star WASP-104. It is considered to be one of the darkest exoplanets discovered. WASP-104b was discovered in 2014; according to a 2018 study at Keele University, the planet's dense atmosphere of potassium and sodium absorbs more than 97% of light it receives.
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Radius
- 1.137
- Mass
- 1.272
- Orbital period
- 1.75540576
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- declination
- 7.43508183699083
- right ascension
- 160.60250857419413
- epoch
- J2000.0
- orbital inclination
- 83.63
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 0.02918
- time of discovery or invention
- 2014-10-00
- discovery method
- transit method
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -32.170
- declination component of proper motion
- -1.165
- orbital eccentricity
- 0
- albedo
- 0.03
- parallax
- 5.3498
- catalog code
- TIC 393495970b
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WASP-104b is a hot Jupiter exoplanet that orbits the star WASP-104. It is considered to be one of the darkest exoplanets discovered. WASP-104b was discovered in 2014; according to a 2018 study at Keele University, the planet's dense atmosphere of potassium and sodium absorbs more than 97% of light it receives.
==Characteristics==
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