Talk:WASP-12b

Designations for WASP planets

The correct designations for these planet are WASP-1b, WASP-2b, ..., WASP-15b, with no spaces. This is what is used by the SuperWASP web site [1]. The use by the Extrasolar Planets Enyclopaedia of a space is inconclusive since this source uniformly uses lower-case letters preceded by a space for planet designators even when, as in the case of PSR B1257+12, this is definitely wrong. (According to this discussion, this is due to a software limitation.) Remarks on individual planets follow.

WASP-1b. Discovery paper [2] does not use space; SIMBAD [3] does not use space. Other papers (e.g., [4]) also generally use no space.

WASP-2b. Discovery paper [5] does not use space; SIMBAD [6] does not use space. Other papers (e.g., [7]) also generally use no space.

WASP-3b. Discovery paper [8] does not use space; SIMBAD [9] does not use space.

WASP-4b. Discovery paper [10] does not use space; SIMBAD [11] does not use space.

WASP-5b. Discovery paper [12] does not use space; SIMBAD [13] does not use space.

WASP-7b. Discovery paper [14] does not use space.

WASP-10b. Discovery paper [15] does not use space; SIMBAD [16] does not use space.

WASP-14b. Discovery paper [17] does not use space; SIMBAD [18] does not use space.

Spacepotato (talk) 19:30, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison point

Maybe it's just me but it seems like drawing comparisons to Mercury would also be a useful point of reference? Circéus (talk) 09:37, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Color accessibility

While the size comparison to Jupiter in the infobox is informative of the planet's size and approximate color, it is almost impossible to see WASP-12b in the diagram. I'd suggest adding a thin outline around the edge of the disk, either in white or the approximate blackbody color . –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 23:42, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't the blackbody colour more accurate anyways? There's no way the thing appears black with a 3000+ K temperature. 192.12.181.234 (talk) 20:20, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I have one small question, WASP-12b is REALLY close to it's star, and even though only 6% of the light gets reflected from it's surface, due to WASP-12b's proximity to it's star, the surface has very high temperatures, so theoretically, would the 6% of light that would get reflected from it's surface still make the planet bright due to the insane temperatures? Bruh 3326 (talk) 15:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]