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Exoplanet WASP 132 b
Exoplanet WASP 132 b orbits star WASP 132 that lies 390 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 130.342 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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WASP 132 b
Exoplanet
Star: WASP 132
Distance from the star: 0.067 AU
Orbit around star: 7.133514 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet WASP 132 b around its star is 7.133514 days.
The orbital period of an exoplanet is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around its star, usually measured in days. Most of the exoplanets discovered so far have orbital periods of less than one year...
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Basic characteristic
Mass: 130.342 M Earth
| 0.4101 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet WASP 132 b has 130.342 Earth masses (or 0.4101 Jupiter masses).
The mass of an exoplanet is one of the most important characteristics for understanding what kind of world it is — whether it’s small and rocky like Earth or large and gaseous like Jupiter. Mass provides key information about the planet’s composition, gravity, and formation history...
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Size: 10.05 R Earth | 0.9 R Jupiter
Density: 708 kg/m3 | 12.84 % Earth
Temperature: 763 K | 489.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2016 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
1SWASP J143026.22–460933.0 b, 2MASS 14302619–4609330 b
1SWASP J143026.22–460933.0 b, 2MASS 14302619–4609330 b
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WASP 132 system structure
Exoplanet WASP 132 b orbits star WASP 132, which has lower mass than Sun. It is one of 2 known exoplanets orbiting this star.
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WASP 132 | ||||||||
| WASP 132 c | 0.02 AU | 1.8 R⊕ | 1 days | ||||||
| WASP 132 b | 0.07 AU | 130.3 M⊕ | 10.1 R⊕ | 7.1 days | |||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP 132 b has 1.37 times the mass of Saturn and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 2369.85 | 159.93 | 130.34 | 1184.93 | 0.41 | 1.37 | 8.93 | 7.58 |
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Size | 26.25 | 10.58 | 10.05 | 18.96 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.51 | 2.64 |
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Density | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.57 | 1.02 | 0.56 | 0.41 |
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Distance | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 1.73 | 1.04 | 2.65 | 3.67 | 4.68 | 5.74 | 9.78 | 10.6 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.48 - 0.69 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.