Exoplanet
An ultra-hot Jupiter stretched into a football shape by tides, with vaporized metals escaping from its glowing upper atmosphere.
| Type | Exoplanet |
|---|---|
| Orbits | WASP-121 |
| Distance from Earth | 858 ly |
| Diameter | 260,764 km |
| Mass | 2.25 × 10^27 kg |
| Temperature | 2,085°C |
| Orbital period | 1 days |
| Discovered | 2016 |
At 260,764 km across, WASP-121 b is 20 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 376 times the mass of Earth.
A single orbit takes 1.3 days.
The light reaching us from WASP-121 b tonight left it around 858 years ago.
An average temperature of 2,358 K works out at 2,085 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 2016.
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