Planet WASP-59 b

Name WASP-59 b
Discovered in 2011
M × sin i 0.7 MJ
Semi-major axis
Orbital period 7.9 days
Eccentricity
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Tperi
Radius 0.9 RJ
Inclination
Update Sept. 13, 2011
Detection method detected by transit
Molecules detected

Remarks

7 Sep 2011: This object waits for publication in a refereed journal

Star

Name WASP-59
Distance 125 ± 25 pc
Spectral type K5V
Apparent magnitude V 13.0
Mass 0.719 ± 0.035 MSun
Age 0.5 +0.7-0.4 Gyr
Effective temperature 4650 ± 150 K
Radius 0.613 ± 0.044 RSun
Metallicity [Fe/H] -0.15 ± 0.11
RA2000 23:18:30.0
Dec2000 +24:53:21
Planetary system 1 planet

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Related publications

A Uniformly Derived Catalogue of Exoplanets from Radial Velocities
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Content and Chapter 5

Status of the WASP-South Search for Transiting Planets
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