WASP-17b

id: wasp-17b-173-573143
title: WASP-17b
text: WASP-17b, officially named Ditsö̀, is an exoplanet in the constellation Scorpius that is orbiting the star WASP-17. Its discovery was announced on 11 August 2009. It is the first planet discovered to have a retrograde orbit, meaning it orbits in a direction counter to the rotation of its host star. This discovery challenged traditional planetary formation theory. In terms of diameter, WASP-17b is one of the largest exoplanets discovered and at half Jupiter's mass, this made it the most puffy pla
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description: Hot-Jupiter exoplanet in the orbit of the star WASP-17
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-17b
date created: 2009-08-13T10:35:02Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T01:11:30Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q1152983","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1152983"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Exoplanet_Comparison_WASP-17_b.png","width":1040,"height":480}
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