WASP-132 c Archives

An artist’s impression of the two new planets discovered. An inner super-Earth, here seen transiting in front of the orange host-star and an icy giant planet on the periphery of the system. Credit Thibaut Roger - Université de Genève

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Icy Worlds, Press Release

Discovery of Two Planets Sheds New Light On The Formation Of Planetary Systems

by Keith CowingJanuary 20, 2025January 19, 2025

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), is challenging scientific understanding […]

Mass-radius diagram for WASP-132c. The lines show the massradius relation for a pure water model (blue), an Earth-like model (green), and a pure-iron model (gray). The other exoplanets are taken from the PlanetS catalouge (Otegi et al. 2020). -- astro-ph.EP

Astrogeology, Astronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

Refining the WASP-132 Multi-planetary System: Discovery of a Cold Giant Planet and Mass Measurement of a hot Super-Earth

by Keith CowingJune 27, 2024June 27, 2024

Hot Jupiters generally do not have nearby planet companions, as they may have cleared out other planets during their inward migration from more distant orbits.