WASP-48b

WASP-48b
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Parent star
Star WASP-48
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension (α) 19h 24m 38.9640s[1]
Declination (δ) +55° 28′ 23.329″[1]
Distanceapprox. 1300[1] ly
(approx. 400[1] pc)
Mass (m) 1.19 ± 0.04 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H] -0.12
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.03444 AU
Orbital period(P) 2.14363592±0.0000046[2] d
Inclination (i) 80.09 +0.55−0.55°
Time of transit (Tt) 2455364.55217±0.00020[2] JD
Physical characteristics
Mass(m)0.984±0.085[2] MJ
Radius(r)1.67 ± 0.08 RJ
Temperature (T) 2030 ± 7
Database references
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia		data
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Open Exoplanet Cataloguedata

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.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brown, A. G. A; et al. (2016). "Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 595. A2. arXiv:1609.04172. Bibcode:2016A&A...595A...2G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629512. Gaia Data Release 1 catalog entry
  2. 1 2 3 Turner, Jake D.; et al. (2016). "Ground-based near-UV observations of 15 transiting exoplanets: Constraints on their atmospheres and no evidence for asymmetrical transits". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459: 789–819. arXiv:1603.02587. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.459..789T. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw574.
  3. ↑ Enoch, B.; et al. (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). 86. arXiv:1104.2827. Bibcode:2011AJ....142...86E. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/86.
  • "WASP-48". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  • "Differential Photometry - WASP-48 in Cygnus". Retrieved 2013-06-02.


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