Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

WASP-189 b

A gas giant orbiting the a-type white WASP-189, located approximately 325.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 18.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 632.48 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.92 g
  • An orbital period of 2.724 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0505 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 3,353 K (3080 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 325.28 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.029
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 5,736,289 years

WASP-189 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
18.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.619 R♃
Mass
632.48 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.990 M♃
Density
0.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.92 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.029
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS)
Telescope 0.3 m Ritchey-Chretien Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#66of 1771

top 3.7%

This planet

18.15R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-189 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0018.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00632.48317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.922.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 632.479 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HD

HD 133112

HIP

HIP 73608

TIC

TIC 157910432

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6339097679918871168

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6339097679918871168

System

WASP-189

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 18.147 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1771
Mass 632.479 M⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 2.72 d · percentile 12 / cohort 1533
Distance 99.73 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.029 · percentile 0 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.724 days
Semi-major axis
0.0505 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.03 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.72 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0505 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

4.334 h

Impact parameter b

0.478

Rp / R★

0.070450

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,926.5417

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.070450

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.478

RV semi-amplitude (K)

182.000 m/s

Occultation depth

0.009 ppm

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,926.5417

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

86.40°

True obliquity (ψ)

89.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.50700

Eq. Temperature

3,353K

(3080 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.029

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — 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.

Orbital-brightness modulation

Host star brightness varies with the planet's orbit.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lendl et al. 2020

Instrument

Teledyne e2v CCD detector

Publication

2020-11

Observation locale

Space

Host System: WASP-189

Spectral Class

A-type white

Effective Temperature

8,000 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.73 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.360 R☉

Stellar Mass

2.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.29

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.900 dex

Stellar density

0.228 g/cm³

Rotational v·sin i

93.10 km/s

Rotation period

1.20 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
99.73 parsec
Light-years 325.28 ly
V-band magnitude
6.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 5,736,289 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

6.06.86.79B6.60V6.55Gaia6.42TESS6.17J6.12H6.06K6.10W16.03W26.12W35.96W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

9.999 mas

Total Proper Motion

55.880 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-50.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

-23.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.698 · y = -0.715 · z = -0.053

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 225.68673° · Dec -3.03149°

Galactic ℓ, b

354.491° · 46.278°

Ecliptic λ, β

224.121° · 13.633°

HTM-20 index

700161421

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