Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Cameron et al. (SuperWASP and SOPHIE) South Africa and France |
Discovery site | SAAO |
Discovery date | September 25, 2006 |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.0382 (± 0.0013) AU | |
Eccentricity | 0 |
2.5199464 (± 8e-07) d | |
Inclination | 88.65 (± 0.55) |
Star | WASP-1 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.484 +0.06 −0.09 RJ |
Mass | 0.86 ± 0.07 MJ |
Mean density | 476 kg/m3 (802 lb/cu yd) |
12.5 m/s2 (41 ft/s2) 1.27 g | |
Temperature | 1,800 K |
WASP-1b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-1 located 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
The planet's mass and radius indicate that it is a gas giant with a similar bulk composition to Jupiter. Unlike Jupiter, but similar to many other planets detected around other stars, WASP-1b is located very close to its star, and belongs to the class of planets known as hot Jupiters.
WASP-1 b was discovered via the transit method by SuperWASP, for which the star and planet are named. Follow-up radial velocity measurements confirmed the presence of an unseen companion, and allowed for the mass of WASP-1 b to be determined. [1]
In 2018, it was discovered via observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect that the orbit of WASP-1b is strongly misaligned with rotational axis of the star by 79.0+4.3
−4.5 degrees, making it a nearly "polar" orbit. [2]
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