Exoplanet
An ultra-hot Jupiter where iron is thought to vaporize on the dayside and condense into iron rain as winds carry it to the cooler night side.
| Type | Exoplanet |
|---|---|
| Orbits | WASP-76 |
| Distance from Earth | 640 ly |
| Diameter | 255,871 km |
| Mass | 1.75 × 10^27 kg |
| Temperature | 1,887°C |
| Orbital period | 2 days |
| Discovered | 2016 |
At 255,871 km across, WASP-76 b is 20 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 292 times the mass of Earth.
A single orbit takes 1.8 days.
The light reaching us from WASP-76 b tonight left it around 640 years ago.
An average temperature of 2,160 K works out at 1,887 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.
It has been on record since 2016.
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