WASP-16b

WASP-16b is an extrasolar planet that travels around its star, WASP-16, every 3.12 days. Likely a hot Jupiter. Its mass is near .855 of Jupiter, the radius is 1.008 of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2009 by a team led by T.A. Lister as part of the Wide Angle Search for Planets project.
==References==
==External links==
* arxiv, WASP-16b: A new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog
Category:Exoplanets
Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2009
Category:Gas giants
Category:Hot Jupiters
Category:Transiting exoplanets
Category:Virgo (constellation)