WASP-16 [SEP] constellation
WASP-16
WASP-16 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf main sequence star, with characteristics similar to our Sun, located in the Virgo constellation.
Planetary system.
In 2009, a planet of the star was announced by the SuperWASP project. It appears to be another hot Jupiter type exoplanet.
See also.
- SuperWASP
- List of extrasolar planets
External links.
- SuperWASP Homepage
of the common assumption amongst scientists that closely orbiting Hot Jupiter planets have highly circular orbits unless proven otherwise, were reported in a single discovery paper that was published on May 17, 2011 by the Royal Astronomical Society. The paper was submitted to the "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society" on May 16, 2011.
Characteristics.
WASP-44 is a G-type star (the same class of star as the Sun) that is located in the Cetus constellation. WASP-44 has a mass that is 0.951 times that