SpazeUltra-hot Jupiter, 1,393 light years away, WASP-12
WASP-12 b
Stretched into an egg shape and slowly being swallowed by its star. It will be gone in about 3 million years.
- Distance
- 1,393 light years
- Year
- 1.1 days
- Size
- 2 × Jupiter
- Temperature
- 2,328 °C
- Mass
- 1.5 × Jupiter
- Found
- 2008, SuperWASP
Can we live on WASP-12 b?
Air: H₂, He. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 0.96 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 67 kg there.
Temperature: 2,328 °C on average.
Clouds: Black as fresh asphalt; being stretched and eaten by its star.
Atmosphere
- H₂
- He
- H₂O
Measured by Hubble