WASP-48b
| Extrasolar planet | List of extrasolar planets | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent star | ||
| Star | WASP-48 | |
| Constellation | Cygnus | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 19h 24m 39s |
| Declination | (δ) | +55° 28′ 23″ |
| Mass | (m) | 1.19 ± 0.04 M☉ |
| Metallicity | [Fe/H] | -0.12 |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Semimajor axis | (a) | 0.03444 AU |
| Orbital period | (P) | 2.1436 d |
| Inclination | (i) | 80.09 +0.55-0.55° |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | 0.98 ± 0.09 MJ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.67 ± 0.08 RJ |
| Temperature | (T) | 2030 ± 7 |
| Database references | ||
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data | |
| SIMBAD | data | |
| Exoplanet Archive | data | |
| Open Exoplanet Catalogue | data | |
WASP-48b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-48 in the constellation Cygnus. The planet was detected using the transit method by the SuperWASP team, which published its discovery in 2011. It orbits its host star in just 2.14 days with a semi-major axis of 0.034 AU and has a temperature of over 2000 K.[1]
References
- ↑ B. Enoch et al. (September 2011), "WASP-35b, WASP-48b, and HAT-P-30b/WASP-51b: Two New Planets and an Independent Discovery of a Hat Planet", The Astronomical Journal 142 (3), arXiv:1104.2827, Bibcode:2011AJ....142...86E, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/86.
External links
- "WASP-48". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- "Differential Photometry - WASP-48 in Cygnus". Retrieved 2013-06-02.