WASP-48b

WASP-48b
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Parent star
Star WASP-48
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension (α) 19h 24m 39s
Declination (δ) +55° 28 23
Mass (m) 1.19 ± 0.04 M
Metallicity [Fe/H] -0.12
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.03444 AU
Orbital period(P) 2.1436 d
Inclination (i) 80.09 +0.55-0.55°
Physical characteristics
Mass(m)0.98 ± 0.09 MJ
Radius(r)1.67 ± 0.08 RJ
Temperature (T) 2030 ± 7
Database references
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WASP-48b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-48 in the constellation Cygnus. The planet was detected using the transit method by the SuperWASP team, which published its discovery in 2011. It orbits its host star in just 2.14 days with a semi-major axis of 0.034 AU and has a temperature of over 2000 K.[1]

References

  1. B. Enoch; et al. (September 2011), "WASP-35b, WASP-48b, and HAT-P-30b/WASP-51b: Two New Planets and an Independent Discovery of a Hat Planet", The Astronomical Journal, 142 (3), arXiv:1104.2827Freely accessible, Bibcode:2011AJ....142...86E, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/86.

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