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Uncommon exoplanet 23 EP

WASP-132 d

RA 217.6092° · Dec -46.1595° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
23 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Frozen world +8
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 23

11 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Frozen world · +8
  • Multi-planet system · +6

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Frozen world. A deep-frozen world, too far from its star's warmth for anything to stay liquid.

What it actually is

  • What it is made of. Its density says rock, though lighter than Earth's mix: probably less iron, or a thick shell of water and ice over the top.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 3 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.9 you'll want a small backyard telescope.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around April — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Properties

density gcc
4.3
diameter km
163279.36
discovery facility
Multiple Observatories
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2024
dist ly
400.8783
eccentricity
0.12
eq temp k
107
host star teff
4686
insolation
0.0363
mag
11.938
mass earth
1639.9946
name
WASP-132 d
orbital period days
1816.6
radius earth
12.8
semi major au
2.71
spect
K4 V
sys num planets
3
sys num stars
1

About WASP-132 d

WASP-132 d is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 400.9 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.94, has spectral type K4 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 107 K.

A deep-frozen world, too far from its star's warmth for anything to stay liquid.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 11.94, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, WASP-132 d is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why WASP-132 d is an uncommon exoplanet

WASP-132 d scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Frozen world and Multi-planet system — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.