Magnitude 11.69 Constellation Auriga Apparent magnitude (B) ~12.1 Discoverer SuperWASP | Discovered 18 December 2008 Apparent magnitude (V) 11.69 Apparent magnitude (H) 10.228 ±0.022 | |
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Simulation of planet wasp 12b bow shock
WASP-12 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf star located approximately 800 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. WASP-12 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun. Its planet WASP-12b has a retrograde orbit around WASP-12.
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Wasp 12b
Planetary system
In 2008 the extrasolar planet WASP-12b was discovered orbiting WASP-12 by the transit method. The high carbon-to-oxygen ratio discovered for "b" indicate that rocky planets that might have formed in the star system could be a carbon planet.
References
WASP-12 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA