Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

WASP-133 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) WASP-133, located approximately 1,823.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.56 Earth radii
  • A mass of 368.68 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 2.00 g
  • An orbital period of 2.176 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0345 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,790 K (1517 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,823.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.073
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,157,174 years

WASP-133 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.56 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.210 R♃
Mass
368.68 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.160 M♃
Density
0.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
2.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.073
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

#660of 1771

top 37.2%

This planet

13.56R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-133 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00368.68317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.002.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,054.800.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 368.683 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 92449173

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6778662809294560896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6778662809294560896

System

WASP-133

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.563 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1771
Mass 368.683 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.18 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1533
Distance 559.08 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.073 · percentile 15 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.176 days
Semi-major axis
0.0345 AU
Eccentricity
0.170
Inclination
87.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.18 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.0345 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.811 %

Duration

3.439 h

Impact parameter b

0.200

Rp / R★

0.086000

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,116.9874

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 8,115 ppm lasting ≈ 3.44 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.086000

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.155

Impact parameter (b)

0.200

RV semi-amplitude (K)

170.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,116.9874

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06170

Eq. Temperature

1,790K

(1517 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,054.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.073

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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

Maxted et al. 2016

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2016-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-133

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,700 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.80 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.440 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.180 dex

Stellar density

0.550 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-23.91 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

0.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
559.08 parsec
Light-years 1,823.49 ly
V-band magnitude
12.89 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,157,174 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.013.613.61B12.89V12.71Gaia12.22TESS11.56J11.24H11.18K11.12W111.18W211.20W39.00W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.762 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.635 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.09 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.25 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.569 · y = -0.578 · z = -0.585

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 314.57544° · Dec -35.79662°

Galactic ℓ, b

7.633° · -40.256°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.731° · -17.868°

HTM-20 index

-152110313

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