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Exoplanet WASP 94 A b
Exoplanet WASP 94 A b orbits star WASP 94 A that lies 687 light years away from the Sun.
It weighs about 143.694 Earth masses and orbits its star much closer than Earth orbits Sun.
Sun distance
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WASP 94 A b
Exoplanet
Star: WASP 94 A
Distance from the star: 0.055 AU
Orbit around star: 3.950202 days
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Orbital period
Orbital period of exoplanet WASP 94 A b around its star is 3.950202 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: 0.0Basic characteristic
Mass: 143.694 M Earth
| 0.4522 M Jupiter
Exoplanet mass
Exoplanet WASP 94 A b has 143.694 Earth masses (or 0.4522 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: 18.663 R Earth | 1.7 R Jupiter
Density: 122 kg/m3 | 2.21 % Earth
Temperature: 1625.0 K | 1351.85 °C
Year of discovery: 2014 (transit)
Other designations of this exoplanet
WASP-94A b, TOI-107 b, CD-34 14724 b, HJ 5234 b, TYC 7466-1400-1 b, WISE J205507.96-340808.3 b, 2MASS J20550794-3408079 b
WASP-94A b, TOI-107 b, CD-34 14724 b, HJ 5234 b, TYC 7466-1400-1 b, WISE J205507.96-340808.3 b, 2MASS J20550794-3408079 b
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WASP 94 system structure
Exoplanet WASP 94 A b orbits star WASP 94 A, which has bigger mass than Sun. It is the only known exoplanet orbiting this star
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WASP 94 A | ||||||||
| WASP 94 A b | 0.06 AU | 143.7 M⊕ | 18.7 R⊕ | 4 days | |||||
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WASP 94 B | ||||||||
| WASP 94 B b | 0.03 AU | 196.5 M⊕ | 2 days | ||||||
Comparison
When comparing to the Solar system planets, WASP 94 A b has 1.51 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 | 2612.62 | 176.31 | 143.69 | 1306.31 | 0.45 | 1.51 | 9.84 | 8.35 |
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Size | 48.74 | 19.65 | 18.66 | 35.21 | 1.67 | 2.05 | 4.67 | 4.91 |
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Density | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 0.18 | 0.1 | 0.07 |
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Distance | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
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Temperature | 3.69 | 2.2 | 5.64 | 7.81 | 9.97 | 12.22 | 20.83 | 22.57 |
Habitability
Habitable zone of the star: 1.7 - 2.5 AU
The planet orbits too close to its star and is exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation prohibiting life as we know it.