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WASP-63 b

Orbiting WASP-63 | 290.7 parsecs away

2012

Discovered

117.6

Earth Masses

15.80

Earth Radii

Discovery Information

Discovery MethodTransit
Discovery Year2,012
Discovery FacilitySuperWASP

Orbital Properties

Orbital Period4.3781 days
Eccentricity0
Inclination87.8 deg

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter)0.37 MJ
Mass (Earth)117.5971 M⊕
Radius (Jupiter)1.41 RJ
Radius (Earth)15.8047 R⊕
Planetary Extremes

Where WASP-63 b sits on the spectrum of all known exoplanets.

Mass117.6 M⊕
FeatherweightColossus
Radius15.80 R⊕
TinyEnormous
Year Length4.4 days
LightningGlacial
Size Comparison
EarthWASP-63 bJupiter

15.80x Earth's radius (1.41x Jupiter)

Host Star: WASP-63

Effective Temperature5,550 K
Mass1.28 M☉
Radius1.86 R☉
Size vs Sun1.86x larger
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.08
Distance (pc)290.684 pc
Distance (ly)948.1 light-years

What If You Lived Here?

33.0 kg

Your weight (from 70 kg)

0.47g

Feather-light

Walking feels like bounding on a trampoline.

4.4 Earth days

Year length

Unknown sunrise

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