Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

WASP-107 c

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange WASP-107, located approximately 211.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 111.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 1,066.000 days
  • Distance from Earth 211.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.256
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 3,723,770 years

1 sibling around WASP-107

WASP-107 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
WASP-107 b Gas Giant 10.54 30.51 5.721 736 2017
WASP-107 c this Gas Giant 13.00 111.24 1,066.000 2020

WASP-107 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.160 R♃
Mass
111.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.350 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.256
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Multiple Observatories
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#960of 1771

top 54.2%

This planet

13.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-107 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00111.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 111.240 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 429302040

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 3578638842054261248

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 3578638842054261248

System

WASP-107

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.000 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1771
Mass 111.240 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,066.00 d · percentile 78 / cohort 1533
Distance 64.74 pc · percentile 27 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.256 · percentile 46 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,066.000 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.270
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 2.92 Earth years on a mildly elliptical path.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.256

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Piaulet et al. 2021

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2021-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-107

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,425 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.657 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.683 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.633 dex

Stellar density

3.441 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

14.16 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.51 km/s

Rotation period

17.10 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
64.74 parsec
Light-years 211.16 ly
V-band magnitude
11.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 3,723,770 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

8.314.914.91B11.59V11.17Gaia11.24Kepler10.42TESS9.38J8.78H8.64K8.58W18.63W28.53W38.29W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

15.418 mas

Total Proper Motion

97.111 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-96.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.974 · y = -0.144 · z = -0.176

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 188.38643° · Dec -10.14621°

Galactic ℓ, b

295.691° · 52.474°

Ecliptic λ, β

191.703° · -5.999°

HTM-20 index

-1336049908

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