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WASP-43b

(hot Jupiter with especially small orbit)

WASP-43b is a hot Jupiter discovered by SuperWASP in 2011, with a very small orbit and orbital period, even for a hot Jupiter. Its host star, WASP-43 is a K-type star. The planet's atmosphere has been studied, its small orbit, high temperature, transit and secondary eclipse making it ideal for this. Observation and analysis has yielded determinations of some atmospheric constituents, including water vapor. Characteristics:


(exoplanet,transit method,gas giant)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-43b
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-43
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=WASP-43
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=WASP-43b
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011A%26A...535L...7H/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014A%26A...563A..40C/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~087pc284lyWASP-43b
Coordinates:WASP-43b
J101938.0089-094822.603

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