WASP-16b
| Extrasolar planet | List of extrasolar planets | |
|---|---|---|
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| Parent star | ||
| Star | WASP-16 | |
| Constellation | Virgo | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 14h 18m 43.922s |
| Declination | (δ) | –20° 16′ 31.85″ |
| Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 11.29 |
| Spectral type | G3V | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Semimajor axis | (a) | 0.0421+0.001 −0.0018 AU |
| Eccentricity | (e) | 0 |
| Orbital period | (P) | 3.1186009+1.46e-5 −1.31e-5 d |
| Inclination | (i) | 85.22+0.27 −0.43° |
| Time of transit | (Tt) | 2454584.42878+0.00035 −0.00023 JD |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | 0.855 ± 0.059 MJ |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | August 3, 2009 | |
| Discoverer(s) | Lister et al. | |
| Discovery method | Transit and Radial veloctiy | |
| Discovery status | Published | |
| Database references | ||
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data | |
| SIMBAD | data | |
| Exoplanet Archive | data | |
| Open Exoplanet Catalogue | data | |
WASP-16b is an extrasolar planet that travels around its star, WASP-16, every 3.12 days. Likely a hot Jupiter. Its mass is near .855 of Jupiter, the radius is 1.008 of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2009 by a team led by T.A. Lister as part of the Wide Angle Search for Planets project.[1]
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External links
Media related to WASP-16b at Wikimedia Commons