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Exoplanet WASP 85 A b
Exoplanet WASP 85 A b orbits star WASP 85 A that lies 460 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 402.152 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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WASP 85 A b
Exoplanet, gas giant
Star: WASP 85 A
Distance from the star: 0.039 AU
Orbit around star: 2.655677 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet WASP 85 A b around its star is 2.655677 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: 402.152 M Earth
| 1.2654 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet WASP 85 A b has 402.152 Earth masses (or 1.2654 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: 13.899 R Earth | 1.2 R Jupiter
Density: 826 kg/m3 | 14.98 % Earth
Temperature: 1452 K | 1178.85 °CAdvertisement
WASP 85 system structure
Exoplanet WASP 85 A b orbits star WASP 85 A, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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| WASP 85 A b | 0.04 AU | 402.2 M⊕ | 13.9 R⊕ | 2.7 days | |||||
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP 85 A b has 1.27 times the 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 | 7311.85 | 493.44 | 402.15 | 3655.93 | 1.27 | 4.22 | 27.54 | 23.38 |
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Size | 36.3 | 14.63 | 13.9 | 26.22 | 1.24 | 1.53 | 3.47 | 3.66 |
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Density | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 0.66 | 1.19 | 0.66 | 0.48 |
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Distance | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 3.3 | 1.97 | 5.04 | 6.98 | 8.91 | 10.92 | 18.62 | 20.17 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.96 - 1.4 AU
The planet orbits too close to its star and is exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation prohibiting life as we know it.