WASP-76 b

Exoplanet, gas giant

Star: WASP-76

Distance from the star: 0.033 AU

Orbit around star: 1.809886 days

Basic characteristic

Mass: 292.5 M Earth | 0.9203 M Jupiter

Size: 20.512 R Earth | 1.8 R Jupiter

Density: 187 kg/m3 | 3 % Earth

Temperature: 2190 K | 1917 °C

Year of discovery: 2013 (transit)

Other designations of this exoplanet
2MASS 01463185+0242019 b, BD+01 316 b, AG+02 184 b, SAO 110122 b, 1SWASP J014631.86+024202.0 b, TIC 293435336 b, TYC 32-111-1 b, YZ 2 503 b

WASP-76 system structure

Exoplanet WASP-76 b orbits star WASP-76, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star


	WASP-76
		WASP-76 b	0.03 AU	292.5 M⊕	20.5 R⊕	1.8 days

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP-76 b has 92 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	5317.71	358.86	292.47	2658.85	0.92	3.07	20.03	17
Size	53.57	21.59	20.51	38.7	1.83	2.25	5.13	5.4
Density	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.15	0.27	0.15	0.11
Distance	0.08	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.01	0	0	0
Temperature	4.98	2.97	7.6	10.53	13.44	16.47	28.08	30.42

Habitability

Habitable zone of the star: 175.5 - 252.8 AU

The planet orbits too close to its star and is exposed to extreme temperatures prohibiting life as we know it.

The planet is a gas giant and has no surface.