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Exoplanet WASP-18b

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-32470

Image Size 300 DPI: 60 * 43 cm

WASP-18b is a "hot Jupiter," a giant exoplanet that orbits very close to its star, located about 330 light years from Earth. Specifically, the mass of WASP-18b is estimated to be about ten times that of Jupiter, yet it orbits its star about once every 23 hours.

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2009 - ASTRONOMY - ATMOSPHERE - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - HOT JUPITER - ILLUSTRATION - PHOENIX - PLANET - POSTER - STAR - SUPER-JUPITER - WASP-18b -