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Exoplanet WASP 80 b
Exoplanet WASP 80 b orbits star WASP 80 that lies 162 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 171 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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WASP 80 b
Exoplanet
Star: WASP 80
Distance from the star: 0.0346 AU
Orbit around star: 3.067852 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet WASP 80 b around its star is 3.067852 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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Eccentricity: 0.07Basic characteristic
Mass: 171 M Earth
| 0.5381 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet WASP 80 b has 171 Earth masses (or 0.5381 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: 11.2 R Earth | 1 R Jupiter
Density: 671 kg/m3 | 12.17 % Earth
Temperature: 825 K | 551.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2013 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
Petra b, Gaia DR2 4223507222112425344 b, TYC 5165-481-1 b, GSC 05165-00481 b, 2MASS J20124017-0208391 b
Petra b, Gaia DR2 4223507222112425344 b, TYC 5165-481-1 b, GSC 05165-00481 b, 2MASS J20124017-0208391 b
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP 80 b has 54 % of mass of Jupiter and it orbits its star closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mass | 3109.09 | 209.82 | 171 | 1554.55 | 0.54 | 1.8 | 11.71 | 9.94 |
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Size | 29.25 | 11.79 | 11.2 | 21.13 | 1 | 1.23 | 2.8 | 2.95 |
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Density | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.54 | 0.96 | 0.53 | 0.39 |
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Distance | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 1.88 | 1.12 | 2.86 | 3.97 | 5.06 | 6.2 | 10.58 | 11.46 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.25 - 0.37 AU
The planet is too hot to sustain liquid water.