page_title: WASP-8b
hierarchical_section_title: WASP-8b
caption_attribution_description: English: Comparison of best-fit size of the exoplanet WASP-8 b with the Solar System planet Jupiter, as reported in the Open Exoplanet Catalogue[1] as of 2010-09-30. ↑ Open Exoplanet Catalogue (2010-09-30). Retrieved on 2010-09-30.
context_page_description: WASP-8b is an extrasolar planet discovered in the SuperWASP batch -6b to -15b. On 1 April 2008, Dr. Don Pollacco of Queen's University Belfast announced them at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting.
  This system is located 89 parsecs away, which is closer than most Hot Jupiters. It is denser than Jupiter.
  The planet orbits retrograde to the spin of the parent star, spin-orbit angle been equal to -123+3.4
  −4.4°.
  The equilibrium temperature is 950 K, but this oscillates due to eccentricity.
context_section_description: WASP-8b is an extrasolar planet discovered (with their stars) in the SuperWASP batch -6b to -15b. On 1 April 2008, Dr. Don Pollacco of Queen's University Belfast announced them at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2008).
  This system is located 89 parsecs away, which is closer than most Hot Jupiters. It is denser than Jupiter.
  The planet orbits retrograde to the spin of the parent star, spin-orbit angle been equal to -123+3.4
  −4.4°.
  The equilibrium temperature is 950 K, but this oscillates due to eccentricity.
caption: Size comparison of WASP-8b with Jupiter.
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