_(2024-113).png) Artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-107b.[1] | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | D. R. Anderson et al. |
| Discovery date | 2017 |
| WASP-South | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0566 ± 0.0017 AU (8,470,000 ± 250,000 km)[2] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.06 ± 0.04[2] |
| 5.7214742 d[2] | |
| Star | WASP-107 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.96±0.03 RJ[2] | |
| Mass | 0.096±0.005[2] MJ |
WASP-107b is a super-Neptune exoplanet that orbits the star WASP-107. It lies 200 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo.[3] Its discovery was announced in 2017 by a team led by D. R. Anderson via the WASP-South.[4]
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e Piaulet, Caroline; Benneke, Björn; et al. (2021-01-18). "WASP-107b's Density Is Even Lower: A Case Study for the Physics of Planetary Gas Envelope Accretion and Orbital Migration". The Astronomical Journal. 161 (2): 70. arXiv:2011.13444. Bibcode:2021AJ....161...70P. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abcd3c. ISSN 1538-3881. S2CID 227208673.
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- ^ Anderson, D.R.; Cameron, A. Collier; et al. (August 2017). "The discoveries of WASP-91b, WASP-105b and WASP-107b: Two warm Jupiters and a planet in the transition region between ice giants and gas giants" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 604 (A110): A110. arXiv:1701.03776. Bibcode:2017A&A...604A.110A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730439. S2CID 58910823.