WASP-103 b

Exoplanet, gas giant, ultra-short period

Star: WASP-103

Distance from the star: 0.01987 AU

Orbit around star: 0.925545 days

Eccentricity: 0.15

Basic characteristic

Mass: 462.6 M Earth | 1.4555 M Jupiter

Size: 17.127 R Earth | 1.5 R Jupiter

Density: 508 kg/m3 | 9 % Earth

Temperature: 2484 K | 2211 °C

Year of discovery: 2014 (transit)

Other designations of this exoplanet
Gaia DR2 4439085988769170432 b, 2MASS J16371556+0711000 b

Comparison

When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP-103 b has 1.46 times the mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
Mass	8410.09	567.55	462.56	4205.05	1.46	4.86	31.68	26.89
Size	44.73	18.03	17.13	32.32	1.53	1.88	4.28	4.51
Density	0.09	0.1	0.09	0.12	0.41	0.73	0.4	0.29
Distance	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.01	0	0	0	0

WASP-103 system structure

Exoplanet WASP-103 b orbits star WASP-103, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star

	WASP-103
		WASP-103 b	0.02 AU	462.6 M⊕	17.1 R⊕	0.9 days

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