Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | WASP |
Discovery date | 2010 |
Transit | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.02555 ± 0.00017 AU (3,822,200 ± 25,432 km) [1] | |
1.21987089 ± 0.00000015 days (105,396.845 ± 0.013 s; 29.2769014 ± 3.6×10−6 h) [2] | |
Inclination | 87.67±1.81°[1] |
Semi-amplitude | 0.59 km/s (1,300 mph) [1] |
Star | HD 15082 |
Physical characteristics | |
1.497±0.095 RJ[1] | |
Mass | 2.81±0.53 MJ[3] |
Albedo | 0.369±0.050[3] |
Temperature | 2,710 ± 50 K (2,440 ± 50.0 °C; 4,420 ± 90.0 °F) [1] |
WASP-33b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 15082. It was the first planet discovered to orbit a Delta Scuti variable star. With a semimajor axis of 0.026 AU (3.9 million km; 2.4 million mi) and a mass likely greater than Jupiter's,[1] it belongs to the hot Jupiter class of planets.
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