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Exoplanet HAT-P-27/WASP-40 b
Published: 2012-03-12 (not a capture date). Original article on Cielo Profundo.
- Capture date
- Capture date unknown
- Distance to the Earth
- ≈ 658.529 light-years (Catalogue distance)
Observation made a couple of nights ago of this exoplanet, similar in size to Jupiter but with 0.66 times its mass, completing an orbit around its star in about 3 Earth days. The star is of type G8, with a size and mass slightly smaller than our Sun's.
Full observing report
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