WASP-12b

WASP-12b is a transiting retrograde hot Jupiter orbiting a G-type star star (1.4 solar masses) in a 1-day orbit. Characteristics:

• Host star: WASP 12.
• Discovery: by the transit method in 2008.
• 432 pc - distance.
• 0.0234 AU - orbital radius (semi-major axis).
• 1.1 days - orbital period.
• 1.9 - radius in Jupiter radii.
• 1.47 - Jupiter masses.
• 3128 K - day-side temperature.