WASP-96b
_(weic2206a).jpeg?lang=en){kind=spacer} Spectrum of WASP-96b, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | October 2013 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0453±0.0013 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| 3.4252602±0.000027 | |
| Inclination | 85.6±0.2 ° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.20±0.06 RJ | |
| Mass | 0.48±0.03 MJ |
| Temperature | 1285 K |
WASP-96b is a gas giant exoplanet. Its mass is 0.48 Jupiters. It is 0.0453 AU from the class G star WASP-96, which it orbits every 3.4 days. It is about 1120 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered in 2013 by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP).
WASP-96b's spectrum is one of the items featured in the initial science release from the James Webb Space Telescope.[2] The spectrum confirmed the presence of water, as well as providing evidence for "clouds and hazes" within the planet's atmosphere.[3] Prior to this discovery, WASP-96b was thought to be free of clouds.[4][5]
WASP-96b orbits its sun-like star WASP-96 every 3.5 Earth days at a distance just one-ninth of the distance between Mercury and the Sun.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Hellier, Coel; Anderson, D. R.; Cameron, A. Collier; Delrez, L.; Gillon, M.; Jehin, E.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D.; Smalley, B.; Smith, A. M. S.; Southworth, J.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Udry, S.; West, R. G. (2013), "Transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440 (3): 1982–1992, arXiv:1310.5630, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu410
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Cesari, Thaddeus (2022-07-11). "NASA Shares List of Cosmic Targets for Webb Telescope's First Images". NASA. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ^ a b "NASA's Webb Reveals Steamy Atmosphere of Distant Planet in Detail". Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Jorgenson, Amber (2018-05-08). "WASP-96b: the cloudless exoplanet". Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ ACCESS: Confirmation of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-96b and a Comparison of Light Curve Detrending Techniques, 2022, arXiv:2207.03479
External links
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