Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

WASP-175 b

A gas giant orbiting the f-type yellow-white WASP-175, located approximately 1,759.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.54 Earth radii
  • A mass of 314.65 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.72 g
  • An orbital period of 3.065 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0440 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,571 K (1298 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,759.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.083
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,022,697 years

WASP-175 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.54 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.208 R♃
Mass
314.65 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.990 M♃
Density
0.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.72 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.083
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit
Facility WASP-South
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#667of 1771

top 37.6%

This planet

13.54R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-175 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.5411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00314.65317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.722.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00649.430.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 314.652 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 448589187

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 5401743332678544640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 5401743332678544640

System

WASP-175

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.540 R⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1771
Mass 314.652 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.07 d · percentile 17 / cohort 1533
Distance 539.36 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.083 · percentile 19 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.065 days
Semi-major axis
0.0440 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.33 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.07 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0440 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.064 %

Duration

2.676 h

Impact parameter b

0.640

Rp / R★

0.103200

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,457,143.7889

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 10,640 ppm lasting ≈ 2.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.103200

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.860

Impact parameter (b)

0.640

RV semi-amplitude (K)

124.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,457,143.7889

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08160

Eq. Temperature

1,571K

(1298 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

649.43

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.083

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

Nielsen et al. 2019

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2019-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-175

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,229 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.75 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.204 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.212 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.359 dex

Stellar density

0.977 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

5.38 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.00 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
539.36 parsec
Light-years 1,759.16 ly
V-band magnitude
12.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,022,697 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.613.313.29B12.96V12.71Gaia12.31TESS11.77J11.53H11.47K11.37W111.43W211.25W38.61W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.826 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.043 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-24.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.804 · y = 0.196 · z = -0.561

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 166.31880° · Dec -34.12275°

Galactic ℓ, b

279.088° · 23.787°

Ecliptic λ, β

183.092° · -36.339°

HTM-20 index

1045517220

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