WASP-121b

WASP-121b / Tylos
Artist's impression of WASP-121b and its host star
Discovery[1]
Discovered byL. Delrez et al.
Discovery date2015
Transit
Designations
Tylos[2]
Orbital characteristics[3]
0.02596+0.00043
−0.00063
 AU
Eccentricity<0.0032
1.27492504(15) d
Inclination88.49°±0.16°
10°±10°
StarWASP-121
Physical characteristics[3]
1.753±0.036 RJ
Mass1.157±0.070 MJ
Mean density
0.266+0.024
−0.022
 g/cm3
9.33+0.71
−0.67
 m/s2
(0.95 g)
Temperature2602±53 K (2,329 °C; 4,224 °F)[4]

WASP-121b, formally named Tylos,[2] is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-121.[5][6] WASP-121b is the first exoplanet found to contain water in an extrasolar planetary stratosphere (i.e., an atmospheric layer in which temperatures increase as the altitude increases).[5][6] WASP-121b is in the constellation Puppis,[7] and is about 858 light-years from Earth.[8][5][9]

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  7. ^ Staff. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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  9. ^ Greicius, Tony (7 August 2018). "Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters". NASA. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

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