WASP-150 b: A Transiting Jupiter-like Planet Around an F8 Star

WASP-150 is an F8 star 1720 light-years away. Its reported mass estimate is 1.39 solar masses, its radius 1.65 solar radii, and its temperature 6220 K; each is larger or hotter than the Sun's corresponding value. The star's age is 2.95 billion years. One planet orbits this host.

That planet, WASP-150 b, was discovered by transit in 2020, when it passed in front of its star and caused a small dip in observed brightness. It is a Jupiter-like planet, a size class for worlds whose radius exceeds four times Earth's. Its radius is 12 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Its mass is 2690 Earth masses, larger than Earth's and roughly 8.46 times Jupiter's mass. Its orbital period, the time it takes to complete one orbit, is 5.64 days. Its mean density is 8.59 g/cm³, 1.56 times Earth's.