WASP-121 b · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

WASP-121 b is a hot jupiter orbiting WASP-121, completing an orbit every 1.2749 days, about 880 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2016 using the transit method.

Host star

WASP-121

Spectral type

F6 V

Temperature

6,628 K

Mass

1.33 M☉

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2016

Knowledge connections

OrbitsWASP-121
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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