Exoplanet · gas giant
Wendelstein-2 b
Wendelstein-2 b is a gas giant orbiting the star Wendelstein-2. Its year lasts 1.75 Earth days. It was discovered in 2020 by the Transit method.
| Host star | Wendelstein-2 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,845 light-years (565.5 pc) |
| Orbital period | 42.1 hours |
| Orbital radius | 0.0234 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.057 |
| Radius | 13 R⊕ · 1.16 R♃ |
| Mass | 232 M⊕ · 0.731 M♃ |
| Density | 0.62 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 1.38 × Earth |
| Equilibrium temperature | 2,470 K (2,197 °C) |
| Stellar flux received | 282 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Transit |
| Discovery year | 2020 |
| Discovered by | Haleakala Observatory |
Habitable zone
Inside the inner edge of the habitable zone: it receives 282 times the light the Earth does, too hot to keep liquid water on its surface.
Its star in the sky
In the planet's sky its star is a disc 15° across: 28 times the Sun as we see it from Earth.
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.19. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 73° S. North of latitude 73° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 181. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 33 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.