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Exoplanet WASP 49 A b
Exoplanet WASP 49 A b orbits star WASP 49 A that lies 636 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 126.845 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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WASP 49 A b
Exoplanet
Star: WASP 49 A
Distance from the star: 0.03873 AU
Orbit around star: 2.781738 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet WASP 49 A b around its star is 2.781738 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: 126.845 M Earth
| 0.3991 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet WASP 49 A b has 126.845 Earth masses (or 0.3991 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: 13.428 R Earth | 1.2 R Jupiter
Density: 289 kg/m3 | 5.24 % Earth
Temperature: 1400 K | 1126.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2011 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
WDS J06044-1658AB b, TOI-479 b, TIC 306362738 b, TYC 5936-2086-1 b, 2MASS J06042146-1657550 b
WDS J06044-1658AB b, TOI-479 b, TIC 306362738 b, TYC 5936-2086-1 b, 2MASS J06042146-1657550 b
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WASP 49 system structure
Exoplanet WASP 49 A b orbits star WASP 49 A, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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| WASP 49 A b | 0.04 AU | 126.8 M⊕ | 13.4 R⊕ | 2.8 days | |||||
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Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP 49 A b has 1.33 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 | 2306.27 | 155.64 | 126.85 | 1153.14 | 0.4 | 1.33 | 8.69 | 7.37 |
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Size | 35.07 | 14.13 | 13.43 | 25.34 | 1.2 | 1.48 | 3.36 | 3.53 |
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Density | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.41 | 0.23 | 0.17 |
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Distance | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 3.18 | 1.9 | 4.86 | 6.73 | 8.59 | 10.53 | 17.95 | 19.44 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 0.88 - 1.3 AU
The planet orbits too close to its star and is exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation prohibiting life as we know it.