Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

WASP-148 c

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) WASP-148, located approximately 803.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 124.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.64 g
  • An orbital period of 34.524 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2044 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 590 K (317 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 803.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.193
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,169,635 years

1 sibling around WASP-148

WASP-148 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-148 b Neptune-like 8.47 91.22 8.804 940 2020
WASP-148 c this Gas Giant 13.90 124.59 34.524 590 2020

WASP-148 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.240 R♃
Mass
124.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.392 M♃
Density
0.26 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.193
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Haute-Provence Observatory
Telescope 1.93 m Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#456of 1771

top 25.7%

This planet

13.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-148 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00124.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.261.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 124.589 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).
Minimum mass (M sin i) 120.139 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 115524421

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 1358355738906114816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 1358355738906114816

System

WASP-148

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.900 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1771
Mass 124.589 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 34.52 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1533
Distance 246.35 pc · percentile 55 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.193 · percentile 39 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
34.524 days
Semi-major axis
0.2044 AU
Eccentricity
0.181
Inclination
104.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 34.52 Earth days (9.5% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2044 AU.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

48.100

Impact parameter (b)

11.000

RV semi-amplitude (K)

24.850 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,935.6000

Long. of periastron (ω)

26.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.83000

Eq. Temperature

590K

(317 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.193

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Instrument

SOPHIE Spectrograph

Publication

2020-08

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-148

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,555 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.912 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.954 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.496 dex

Stellar density

1.760 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-5.62 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.00 km/s

Rotation period

26.20 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
246.35 parsec
Light-years 803.50 ly
V-band magnitude
12.04 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,169,635 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

8.913.313.30B12.04V12.08Gaia11.59TESS12.68Sloan g12.03Sloan r11.89Sloan i10.94J10.59H10.51K10.47W110.52W210.48W38.94W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.030 mas

Total Proper Motion

30.231 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-13.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

-27.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.196 · y = -0.688 · z = 0.698

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 254.13050° · Dec 44.30254°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.454° · 38.655°

Ecliptic λ, β

241.045° · 66.154°

HTM-20 index

158085657

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