Exoplanet

WASP-160 B b

Orbiting WASP-160 B

Overview

WASP-160 B b is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-160 B, discovered in 2018 using the Transit method. It is a Jupiter-sized world.

Key Measurements

Radius

12.22

Earth radii

015 R⊕

Mass

88.36

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

3.8

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

288.3

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Equilibrium Temp

1119

K

150 K3,500 K

Radius (Earth radii)

12.22

Mass (Earth masses)

88.36

Measured

Equilibrium Temperature

1119 K

Parameter source: Lendl et al. 2019

Orbital Period

3.768+0.000−0.000days

Semi-Major Axis

0.0452+0.0012−0.0012au

Planet Mass (Earth masses)

88.36+13.98−14.30

Planet Mass (Jupiter masses)

0.2780+0.0440−0.0450

Eccentricity

0.0000

Radial Velocity Semi-Amplitude

39.90+5.90−6.10m/s

Distance from Earth

288.3 pc (~940 ly)

Spectral Type

K0 V

Temperature

5298 K

Mass (Solar)

0.87 M☉

Radius (Solar)

0.87 R☉

Luminosity

Unknown

Planets in System

1

Stars in System

2

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

87.6796°, -27.6233°

Discovery Method

Transit

Discovery Year

2018

Data Sources
NASA Exoplanet Archive

Source ID: WASP-160 B b

System Context

WASP-160 B b orbits WASP-160 B and was reported in 2018 and was detected with the Transit method.

Published measurements list a radius of 12.22 Earth radii, a mass of 88.36 Earth masses, an orbital period of 3.77 days, and an equilibrium temperature near 1,119 K.

Catalog data places the system at about 288.3 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as K0 V, and 1 known planet in the system.

Host star

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