WASP-12b

Summary

WASP-12b is an exoplanet^[1]. WASP-12b ranks in the top 2% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• WASP-12b's image is recorded as WASP-12b (NASA).jpg^[3].
• WASP-12b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[4].
• WASP-12b's instance of is recorded as hot Jupiter^[5].
• WASP-12b's constellation is recorded as Auriga^[6].
• WASP-12b's Commons category is recorded as WASP-12 b^[7].
• WASP-12b's parent astronomical body is recorded as WASP-12^[8].
• WASP-12b's child astronomical body is recorded as WASP-12 b 1^[9].
• WASP-12b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-1725.01^[10].
• WASP-12b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-1725b^[11].
• WASP-12b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 86396382b^[12].
• WASP-12b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-04-01T00:00:00Z^[13].
• WASP-12b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2009-03-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• WASP-12b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011b2sgq^[15].
• WASP-12b's discovery method is recorded as transit method^[16].
• WASP-12b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[17].
• WASP-12b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+81.92'}^[18].
• WASP-12b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+1.46'}^[19].
• WASP-12b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+1.41'}^[20].
• WASP-12b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.819'}^[21].
• WASP-12b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1.091419179'}^[22].
• WASP-12b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+2.4213'}^[23].
• WASP-12b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.02344'}^[24].
• WASP-12b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+272.7'}^[25].
• WASP-12b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as WASP-12b^[26].
• WASP-12b's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.086'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include exoplanet^[4] and hot Jupiter^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include TOI-1725.01^[10], TOI-1725b^[11], and TIC 86396382b^[12].

Why It Matters

WASP-12b ranks in the top 2% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).^[2] WASP-12b has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] WASP-12b is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]