WASP-100b

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WASP-100b
Discovery
Discovery date2014
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.04 AU
Eccentricity 0.0
2.849380
Inclination 82.60
Star WASP-100
Physical characteristics
Mass 1.26 MJ

WASP-100b is a highly irradiated exoplanet belonging to the hot Jupiter class of planets. It orbits at a distance of 0.04 AU around a star named WASP-100 located around 1,188 light years from Earth. It has a mass of 1.26 Jupiters and a radius of 1.33 Jupiters. [1] [2]

The dayside temperature of WASP-100b has a maximum temperature of 2710 Kelvin. WASP-100b has a warm nightside temperature of 2380 Kelvin. It was also found that the planet has efficient heat redistribution which manifest itself as a substantial eastward hotspot. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "WASP-100 b - NASA Science". 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  2. ↑ Addison, B. C.; Wang, Songhu; Johnson, M. C.; Tinney, C. G.; Wright, D. J.; Bayliss, D. (November 2018). "Stellar Obliquities and Planetary Alignments (SOPA). I. Spin-Orbit Measurements of Three Transiting Hot Jupiters: WASP-72b, WASP-100b, and WASP-109b". The Astronomical Journal. 156 (5): 197. arXiv: 1809.00314 . Bibcode:2018AJ....156..197A. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/aade91 . ISSN   0004-6256.
  3. ↑ Jansen, Tiffany; Kipping, David (2020-05-21). "Detection of the phase curve and occultation of WASP-100b with TESS". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494 (3): 4077–4089. arXiv: 2001.10580 . doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa814 . ISSN   0035-8711.


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