WASP-8b

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WASP-8b

Summary

WASP-8b is an exoplanet[1]. WASP-8b has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • WASP-8b's image is recorded as Exoplanet retrograde WASP-8b.jpg[3].
  • WASP-8b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[4].
  • WASP-8b's constellation is recorded as Sculptor[5].
  • WASP-8b's Commons category is recorded as WASP-8 b[6].
  • WASP-8b's parent astronomical body is recorded as WASP-8[7].
  • WASP-8b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-191b[8].
  • WASP-8b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-191.01[9].
  • WASP-8b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 183532609b[10].
  • WASP-8b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-04-01T00:00:00Z[11].
  • WASP-8b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2010-07-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • WASP-8b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01198z9z[13].
  • WASP-8b's discovery method is recorded as transit method[14].
  • WASP-8b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.31'}[15].
  • WASP-8b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+88.55'}[16].
  • WASP-8b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+2.132'}[17].
  • WASP-8b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3421309', 'amount': '+1.038'}[18].
  • WASP-8b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+8.15872562'}[19].
  • WASP-8b's angular distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q829073', 'amount': '+0.000921'}[20].
  • WASP-8b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+11.0873'}[21].
  • WASP-8b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.0801'}[22].
  • WASP-8b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+274.27'}[23].
  • WASP-8b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as CD-35 16019b[24].
  • WASP-8b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "WASP8b"][25].
  • WASP-8b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as wasp_8_ab--462[26].
  • WASP-8b's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as WASP-8 b[27].

Body

Designation and Status

WASP-8b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include TOI-191b[8], TOI-191.01[9], and TIC 183532609b[10].

Why It Matters

WASP-8b has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] WASP-8b is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . SIMBAD. 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-8b: a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . WASP-8b: a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . WASP-8b: a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . WASP-8b: a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 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.
  16. [18] . 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.
  17. [19] . Looking for timing variations in the transits of 16 exoplanets. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 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.
  21. [23] . ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations. 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] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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