WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-12, discovered in April 2008 by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey. It orbits its star in just over one Earth day, at a distance roughly one forty-third of Earth's distance from the Sun.
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WASP-12 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf star located approximately 1347 light-years away in the constellation Auriga.
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WASP-12b (Wikipedia)
WASP-12b, lead section
a hot Jupiter (a class of extrasolar planets) orbiting the star WASP-12
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WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter (a class of extrasolar planets) orbiting the star WASP-12, discovered in April of 2008, by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey.
- In Category: Celestial Objects, WASP-12b, Wikipedia summary
In Group: Hot Jupiters, Lead sentence
WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter (a class of extrasolar planets) orbiting the star WASP-12, discovered in April of 2008, by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey.
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