What is WASP-12b?
[[File:WASP-12b_(NASA).jpg|thumb|Conception of what WASP-12b may look like.]] '''WASP-12b''' is an [[extrasolar planet]] orbiting the star WASP-12. It is said by NASA one of the hottest planet known, much hotter than [[Venus]]. It is extremely close to its star, about 2 million miles away from it. It is a gas giant and is bigger than [[Jupiter]]. The average temperature there can get up to 1500 degrees Celsius. For comparison, [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] in our solar system's average temperature is around 427 degrees Celsius. WASP-12b is so close to its star, that the star pulls mass from the planet creating a [[comet]]-like trail behind it. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/planet-eater.html|title=NASA - Hubble Finds a Star Eating a Planet|website=www.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2018-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909164720/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/planet-eater.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Sci-stub}} [[Category:Exoplanets]]