Exoplanet WASP-24b in Vir image

Exoplanet WASP-24b in Vir


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The light curve for exoplanet WASP-24b in Virgo depicted above is the latest exoplanet discovered, having being announced on April 14/2010 along with another four new discoveries, and represents the twenty-fourth discovery by the WASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) team. WASP-24b is characterized with a mass 1.032 times that of Jupiter while its radius is equivalent to 1.104 Jupiter radii, thus making this exoplanet a very typical "hot Jupiter". WASP-24b requires 155.5 minutes to transit its parent star at a depth of 12 mmag (1.2%). The parent star, GSC 339:329-1, is an F8-9 star estimated to have a mass of 1.129 solar masses, a radius equivalent to 1.147 solar radii, a temperature of 6,075° K and to lie at a distance of 1080 light-years away with a visual magnitude of 11.3. Further details regarding WASP-24 and WASP-24b are available in the paper published by the discovery team led by Rachel Street et al.

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  • Anthony Ayiomamitis
  • January 19, 2022