WASP-12b

Planetbox begin
name = WASP-12b Planetbox star
star = WASP-12
constell =
RA =
DEC =
dist_ly = 870
dist_pc = 270
class = G0 Planetbox orbit
semimajor = 0.0208
period = 1.09
inclination =
t_peri = Planetbox character
mass = 1.18
radius = 1.76
density =
gravity_earth =
temperature = 2500 Planetbox discovery
discovery_date = April 1, 2008
discoverers = Cameron et al. (SuperWASP)
discovery_site =
discovery_method = Transit
discovery_status=Announced

WASP-12b is an extrasolar planet, discovered by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey orbiting the star WASP-12. Its discovery was announced on April 1, 2008. Its radius is around 80% larger than Jupiter's. [http://www.superwasp.org/wasp_planets.htm SuperWASP Wide Angle Search for Planets: The Planets] , accessed on line June 17, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.superwasp.org/wasp_planets.htm SuperWASP Wide Angle Search for Planets: The Planets] , SuperWASP.
* [http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=WASP-12 Star : WASP-12] , Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.