WASP-12b is the 9th Interstellar Object, the 2nd Exoplanet and the 1st Giant obtained in the Beyond (Rank 20), which can generate Stardust 
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Description[]
"The parent star of WASP-12b is a yellow dwarf, like the Sun, but it is ripping its child to pieces. The planet orbits so closely that powerful tidal forces from the star’s gravity warp it into an odd egglike shape called a Roche lobe."
Traits[]
The rare traits matching this generators type are: Indirect Observation . WASP-12b is also affected by the epic traits: Cosmology , Dark Matter , Dark Energy . It is also affected by the constellations: Eridanus,Canis Major,Ursa Minor, as well as by the generator rank.
| Icon | Name | Description | Requires |
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Sizzling Hot Jupiter | The planet WASP-12b is a “hot Jupiter,” a gas giant that sizzles in close orbit to its star. It’s twice the size of Jupiter—for now. As chunks of the planet burn off, the star’s gravity gobbles them up. In 10 million years, there could be nothing left of WASP-12b. | Generator Unlocked |
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Brink of Doom | WASP-12b orbits near the Roche limit, the point where tidal forces outmatch gravitational attraction—the force holding it together. If it were a little closer to its star, the planet would rip apart. Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 hit this limit before crashing into Jupiter. | Sizzling Hot Jupiter |
Astronomy Mission[]
WASP-12b's Astronomy Mission is the Kepler Space Telescope, titled Naming Planets.
"Exoplanet designations include a name and lowercase letter in order of discovery, starting with b. The name can be its star (Proxima b), a star catalog (GJ 436 b), or mission (Kepler-22b). WASP-12b is the first planet in the 12th system spotted by the WASP observatories."
Naming Planets[]
Reduce WASP-12b cost by up to x10 at Rank 9.
| Name | Duration(hh: mm: ss) | Reward |
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| Naming Planets I | 00:05:00 | WASP-12b discount x2 |
| Naming Planets II | 00:15:00 | WASP-12b discount x3 |
| Naming Planets III | 00:50:00 | WASP-12b discount x4 |
| Naming Planets IV | 02:10:00 | WASP-12b discount x5 |
| Naming Planets V | 04:40:00 | WASP-12b discount x6 |
| Naming Planets VI | 08:50:00 | WASP-12b discount x7 |
| Naming Planets VII | 15:20:00 | WASP-12b discount x8 |
| Naming Planets VIII | 24:10:00 | WASP-12b discount x9 |
| Naming Planets IX | 36:30:00 | WASP-12b discount x10 |
Achievements[]
| Icon | Name | Description | Requires |
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Portal to the Jupiters | The first planet discovered around a sunlike star, in 1995, was a hot Jupiter. Now named Dimidium, 51 Pegasi b kicked off a frenzy of hot Jupiter finds using the transit method—observing the brief dimming of a star as a planet crosses in front of it. | WASP-12b Rank 3 |
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Slingshot Planet | WASP-12b orbits every 26 hours. By contrast, we have yet to witness HR 5183 b circle its sunlike star. In our solar system, this giant world would swoop closer to the Sun than Jupiter’s orbit and then slingshot out beyond Neptune. Its eccentric orbit takes 74 years. | WASP-12b Rank 6 |
Trivia[]
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WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter orbiting the star WASP-12. It has one of the lowest densities for exoplanets, and has a very low albedo.
Sources[]
- WASP-12b — image above taken
