WASP-8b

Planetbox begin
name = WASP-8b Planetbox star
star = WASP-8
constell =
RA =
DEC =
dist_ly = 160
dist_pc = 49
class = G6 Planetbox orbit
semimajor = 0.0793
period = 8.16
inclination =
ang_dist=0.001618
t_peri = Planetbox character
mass = 2.23
radius = 1.17
density = 1846
gravity_earth =
temperature = 1300 Planetbox discovery
discovery_date = April 1, 2008
discoverers = Cameron et al. (SuperWASP)
discovery_site =
discovery_method = Transit
discovery_status=Announced

WASP-8b is an extrasolar planet discovered (with their stars) in the SuperWASP batch -6b to -15b. On 1 April 2008, Dr. Don Pollacco of Queen’s University Belfast announced them at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2008). [http://nam2008.qub.ac.uk/press/2008-08-release/]

At 49 pc away, this system is the closest of the WASP-discovered systems: closer to Earth than are HD 17156 and HD 149026. It is denser than Jupiter.

References

*http://www.superwasp.org/wasp_planets.htm
*http://exoplanet.eu/planet.php?p1=WASP-8&p2=b
*(density calculated from mass and radius, assuming a circular disc of eclipse relative to Earth)