RA 97.6366° · Dec 29.6723° · exoplanet
41 more points to reach Mythic.
WASP-12 b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 1,393.5 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.57, has an equilibrium temperature near 2,601 K and spans roughly 22.03 Earth radii.
So hot that iron vaporises on the dayside, blows around to the night side and rains back down as molten metal.
At apparent magnitude 11.57, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, WASP-12 b 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.
WASP-12 b scores 79 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 41 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Gas giant, Ultra-hot Jupiter, Tidally locked, Puffy low-density world, Blasted by starlight and Two suns in its sky — 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.