WASP-107b
Artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-107b. | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | D. R. Anderson et al. |
| Discovery date | 2017 |
| WASP-South | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.0566 ± 0.0017 AU (8,470,000 ± 250,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.09 ± 0.02 |
| 5.721487 d | |
| Star | WASP-107 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 0.96±0.03 RJ | |
| Mass | 0.096±0.005 MJ |
| Temperature | 750 K (477 °C) |
| Atmosphere | |
| Composition by volume | water vapor, helium, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, silicate cloud |
WASP-107b is a super-Neptune exoplanet that orbits the K-type star WASP-107. It lies 200 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. Its discovery was announced in 2017 by a team led by D. R. Anderson via the WASP-South.