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WASP-63 b is a Super-Jupiter exoplanet (an exceptionally massive gas giant), about 15.8 times the radius of Earth. The planet completes one orbit around its star every 4.4 Earth days. It was discovered in 2012 using the transit method. It orbits the star WASP-63, located approximately 291 parsecs (948 light-years) from Earth.
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
Semi-Major Axis0.0569 AU
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
Star Distance0.057 AU
ScorchedFrozen exile
Star System View
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Size Comparison
15.80x Earth's radius (1.41x Jupiter)
Orbit Comparison
Earth: 365.25 days (1 AU)WASP-63 b: 4.4 Earth days (0.057 AU)
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
Planets in the WASP-63 System
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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