Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

WASP-67 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) WASP-67, located approximately 618.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 136.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.82 g
  • An orbital period of 4.614 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0518 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,003 K (730 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 617.96 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.125
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,897,804 years

WASP-67 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
136.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.430 M♃
Density
0.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.125
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Transit
Facility SuperWASP
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1049of 1771

top 59.2%

This planet

12.89R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-67 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00136.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00188.110.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 136.667 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 68952448

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6868476691490044672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6868476691490044672

System

WASP-67

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.890 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 136.667 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 4.61 d · percentile 34 / cohort 1533
Distance 189.47 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.125 · percentile 33 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.614 days
Semi-major axis
0.0518 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.61 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0518 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.800 %

Duration

1.896 h

Rp / R★

0.137900

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,456,618.0537

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 18,000 ppm lasting ≈ 1.90 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.137900

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.830

RV semi-amplitude (K)

56.000 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,456,618.0537

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27300

Eq. Temperature

1,003K

(730 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

188.11

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.125

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

Hellier et al. 2012

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2012-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-67

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,200 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.880 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

1.880 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-0.56 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.10 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
189.47 parsec
Light-years 617.96 ly
V-band magnitude
12.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,897,804 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.212.912.90B12.54V11.91Gaia11.36TESS10.61J10.21H10.13K10.03W110.08W210.12W38.17W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.250 mas

Total Proper Motion

32.949 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-32.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.408 · y = -0.847 · z = -0.341

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.74385° · Dec -19.94973°

Galactic ℓ, b

20.138° · -20.006°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.100° · 1.361°

HTM-20 index

1686761274

Observation Record

RV measurements

1

Transmission spectra

4

Emission spectra

4

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