WASP-43b

id: wasp-43b-172-18596498
title: WASP-43b
text: WASP-43b, formally named Astrolábos, is a transiting planet in orbit around the young, active, and low-mass star WASP-43 in the constellation Sextans. The planet is a hot Jupiter with a mass twice that of Jupiter, but with a roughly equal radius. WASP-43b was flagged as a candidate by the SuperWASP program, before they conducted follow-ups using instruments at La Silla Observatory in Chile, which confirmed its existence and provided orbital and physical characteristics. The planet's discovery wa
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Extrasolar planet in the constellation Sextans
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-43b
date created: 2011-05-08T04:55:09Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T00:21:18Z
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