Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 10.10 Earth radii
A mass of 136.03 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.33 g
An orbital period of 7.134 days
Semi-major axis 0.0674 AU
Equilibrium temperature 682 K (409 °C)
Distance from Earth 400.88 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.221
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 7,069,489 years
Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around WASP-132

WASP-132 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet	Type	Radius (R⊕)	Mass (M⊕)	Period (d)	Eq. T (K)	Year
WASP-132 c	Super-Earth	1.84	6.26	1.012	1,329	2022
WASP-132 b this	Gas Giant	10.10	136.03	7.134	682	2016
WASP-132 d	Gas Giant	12.80	1,639.99	1,816.600	107	2024

WASP-132 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

10.10 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.901 R♃

Mass

136.03 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.428 M♃

Density

0.73 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.221

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016

Method Transit

Facility SuperWASP-South

Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1764of 1771

top 99.5%

This planet

10.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 3651 b 10.10 R⊕ TOI-216.01 10.10 R⊕ HD 204941 b 10.10 R⊕

Metric	Earth	WASP-132 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	10.10	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	136.03	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	0.73	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.33	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	58.50	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	136.031 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 127530399

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6099012478412247296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6099012478412247296

System

WASP-132

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.099 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1771

Mass 136.031 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 7.13 d · percentile 41 / cohort 1533

Distance 122.91 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.221 · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

7.134 days

Semi-major axis

0.0674 AU

Eccentricity

0.016

Inclination

89.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.13 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0674 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.804 %

Duration

11.040 h

Impact parameter b

0.180

Rp / R★

0.122190

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,337.6081

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 18,038 ppm lasting ≈ 11.04 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.122190

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.310

Impact parameter (b)

0.180

RV semi-amplitude (K)

52.990 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,337.6081

Long. of periastron (ω)

318.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.54800

Eq. Temperature

682K

(409 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

58.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.221

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hellier et al. 2017

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2017-03

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at SuperWASP-South (11 shown).

WASP-130 b · Neptune-like WASP-129 b · Gas Giant WASP-139 b · Neptune-like WASP-140 b · Gas Giant WASP-141 b · Gas Giant WASP-124 b · Gas Giant WASP-126 b · Gas Giant WASP-119 b · Gas Giant WASP-133 b · Gas Giant WASP-131 b · Gas Giant WASP-142 b · Gas Giant

Host System: WASP-132

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,686 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.20 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.758 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.789 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.560 dex

Stellar density

2.602 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

31.07 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.30 km/s

Rotation period

33.00 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.852

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

122.91 parsec

Light-years 400.88 ly

V-band magnitude

11.94 mag

Voyager-speed travel 7,069,489 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

8.107 mas

Total Proper Motion

74.278 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

-73.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.549 · y = -0.423 · z = -0.721

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 217.60920° · Dec -46.15952°

Galactic ℓ, b

320.272° · 13.352°

Ecliptic λ, β

230.877° · -29.578°

HTM-20 index

-2039524180

Similar Worlds

HD 122562 c

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 10.10 R⊕ · 173.7 ly

HD 3651 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 10.10 R⊕ · 36.3 ly

TOI-216.01

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 10.10 R⊕ · 580.4 ly

HD 204941 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 10.10 R⊕ · 93.7 ly

CoRoT-29 b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 10.09 R⊕ · 2,630.5 ly

WASP-145 A b

Gas Giant · K-type orange

Radius 10.09 R⊕ · 297.8 ly

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