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WASP-2b

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WASP-2b

Summary

WASP-2b is an exoplanet[1]. WASP-2b draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #93 of 578).[2]

Key Facts

  • WASP-2b's image is recorded as Exoplanet Comparison WASP-2 b.png[3].
  • WASP-2b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[4].
  • WASP-2b's constellation is recorded as Delphinus[5].
  • WASP-2b's Commons category is recorded as WASP-2 b[6].
  • WASP-2b's parent astronomical body is recorded as WASP-2A[7].
  • WASP-2b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-5797.01[8].
  • WASP-2b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-5797b[9].
  • WASP-2b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 374530847b[10].
  • WASP-2b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2006-09-25T00:00:00Z[11].
  • WASP-2b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2007-03-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • WASP-2b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025ydsp[13].
  • WASP-2b's discovery method is recorded as transit method[14].
  • WASP-2b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.013'}[15].
  • WASP-2b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.81'}[16].
  • WASP-2b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.927'}[17].
  • WASP-2b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.931'}[18].
  • WASP-2b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.081'}[19].
  • WASP-2b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2.15222216'}[20].
  • WASP-2b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+6.4980'}[21].
  • WASP-2b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.03144'}[22].
  • WASP-2b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+267'}[23].
  • WASP-2b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as WASP-2b[24].
  • WASP-2b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "WASP2b"][25].
  • WASP-2b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as wasp_2_ab--347[26].
  • WASP-2b's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as WASP-2 b[27].

Body

Designation and Status

WASP-2b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include TOI-5797.01[8], TOI-5797b[9], and TIC 374530847b[10].

Why It Matters

WASP-2b draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #93 of 578).[2] WASP-2b has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] WASP-2b is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SuperWASP-N extrasolar planet candidates between 18 < RA < 21 h. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - V. New results for 38 planets. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Minerva-Australis. I. Design, Commissioning, and First Photometric Results. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Minerva-Australis. I. Design, Commissioning, and First Photometric Results. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Minerva-Australis. I. Design, Commissioning, and First Photometric Results. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Minerva-Australis. I. Design, Commissioning, and First Photometric Results. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Friends of hot Jupiters. I. A radial velocity search for massive, long-period companions to close-in gas giant planets. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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