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Exoplanet WASP 131 A b
Exoplanet WASP 131 A b orbits star WASP 131 A that lies 630 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 85.835 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
630 light years
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WASP 131 A b
Exoplanet
Star: WASP 131 A
Basic characteristic
Mass: 85.835 M Earth
| 0.2701 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet WASP 131 A b has 85.835 Earth masses (or 0.2701 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: 13.675 R Earth | 1.2 R Jupiter
Density: 185 kg/m3 | 3.36 % EarthAdvertisement
WASP 131 system structure
Exoplanet WASP 131 A b orbits star WASP 131 A, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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WASP 131 A | ||||||||
| WASP 131 A b | n/a | 85.8 M⊕ | 13.7 R⊕ | - | |||||
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WASP 131 B | 38 AU | |||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP 131 A b has 90 % of mass of Saturn
| Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | ||
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Mass | 1560.64 | 105.32 | 85.84 | 780.32 | 0.27 | 0.9 | 5.88 | 4.99 |
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Size | 35.71 | 14.39 | 13.68 | 25.8 | 1.22 | 1.5 | 3.42 | 3.6 |
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Density | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.11 |