WASP-12b
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WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter orbiting the star WASP-12, discovered in April of 2008, by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey. The planet takes only a little over one Earth day to orbit its star, in con
Artist's depiction of WASP-12b's atmosphere being tidally stripped by its parent star to the point where WASP-12, the parent star has a ring of WASP-12b's debris
Comparison of "hot Jupiter" exoplanets – from top left to lower right: WASP-12b, WASP-6b, WASP-31b, WASP-39b, HD 189733 b, HAT-P-12b, WASP-17b, WASP-19b, HAT-P-1b and HD 209458 b
WASP-12b and its host star, WASP-12 (artist conception)
Hot, carbon-rich planet WASP-12b and its host star (Exoplanet color was unknown at the time of this artist conception.)
TrES-2b
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TrES-2b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star TrES-2A located 750 light years away from the Solar System. The planet was identified in 2011 as the darkest known exoplanet, reflecting less than 1%
WASP-12b
…Jupiter-type planets are expected to lose large moons within geologically short timescales. The satellite in question could instead be a Trojan body. TrES-2b, another low-albedo planet that absorbs over 90% of light WASP-103b, the first hot Jupiter to have its tidally stretched shape measured…
The GSC 03549-02811 system as seen from the Kepler spacecraft. (Celestial north is toward the lower left corner and the subject is in the center of the photograph as seen clearly in the enlarged view.)