WASP-14b
WASP-14b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2008 by SuperWASP using the transit method. Follow-up radial velocity measurements showed that the mass of WASP-14b is almost eight times larger than that of Jupiter. The radius found by the transit observations show that it has a radius 25% larger than Jupiter. This makes WASP-14b one of the densest exoplanets known. Its radius best fits the model of Jonathan Fortney.
Size comparison of WASP-14b with Jupiter. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cameron et al. (SuperWASP) |
| Discovery site | SAAO |
| Discovery date | April 1, 2008 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.037+0.001 −0.002 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.095+0.004 −0.007 |
| 2.243756+5E-6 −1E-6 d | |
| Inclination | 84.79+0.52 −0.67 |
| 254.9+0.92 −1.72 | |
| Star | WASP-14 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.259+0.08 −0.058 RJ |
| Mass | 7.725+0.43 −0.67 MJ |
Mean density | 5,133 kg/m3 (8,652 lb/cu yd) |
| 126.2 m/s2 (414 ft/s2) 12.87 g | |
| Temperature | 2800 |
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