SpazeHot Jupiter, 1,324 light years away, WASP-17
WASP-17 b
Its clouds are made of tiny quartz crystals, seen by JWST in 2023.
- Distance
- 1,324 light years
- Year
- 3.7 days
- Size
- 1.9 × Jupiter
- Temperature
- 1,482 °C
- Mass
- 247.9 × Earth
- Found
- 2009, SuperWASP
Can we live on WASP-17 b?
Air: H₂, He. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 0.56 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 40 kg there.
Temperature: 1,482 °C on average.
Clouds: Clouds of tiny quartz (SiO₂) crystals.
Atmosphere
- H₂
- He
- H₂O
- CO₂
Measured by JWST