WASP-1b
Sign in to saveWASP-1b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-1 located 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
Key facts
- Planet.name
- WASP-1b
- Planet.image
- Exoplanet Comparison WASP-1 b.png
- Planet.caption
- Size comparison of WASP-1b with Jupiter
- Planet.discoverer
- Cameron et al. (SuperWASPand SOPHIE)and
- Planet.discovery_site
- SAAO
- Planet.discovered
- September 25, 2006
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.semimajor
- 0.0382 (± 0.0013) AU
- Planet.eccentricity
- 0
- Planet.period
- 2.5199464 (± 8e-07) d
- Planet.inclination
- 88.65 (± 0.55)
- Planet.star
- WASP-1
- Planet.mean_radius
- 1.484
- Planet.mass
- 0.86 ± 0.07
- Planet.surface_grav
- 1.27 g
- Planet.single_temperature
- 1,800 K
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- Orbit and mass
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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WASP-1b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-1 located 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
==Orbit and mass== thumb|left|275px|The radial velocity trend of WASP-1, caused by the presence of WASP-1 b