WASP-16b

{{Short description|Extrasolar planet}}

{{Infobox planet

| name = WASP-16b

| image = Exoplanet Comparison WASP-16 b.png

| caption = Size comparison of WASP-16b with Jupiter.

| discoverer = Lister et al.

| discovered = August 3, 2009

| discovery_method = Transit and
Radial velocity

| apsis = astron

| semimajor = 0.0421{{±|0.001|0.0018}} AU

| eccentricity = 0

| period = 3.1186009{{±|1.46e-5|1.31e-5}} d

| inclination = 85.22{{±|0.27|0.43}}

| star = WASP-16

| mass = 0.855 ± 0.059 {{Jupiter mass|link=y}}

}}

WASP-16b is an extrasolar planet that travels around its star, WASP-16, every 3.12 days. Likely a hot Jupiter. Its mass is near .855 of Jupiter, the radius is 1.008 of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2009 by a team led by T.A. Lister as part of the Wide Angle Search for Planets project.{{cite journal

| last = Lister | first = Timothy A

| title = WASP-16b: A new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog

| date = 3 August 2009

| arxiv = 0908.1553

|display-authors=etal

| doi=10.1088/0004-637X/709/1/159

| volume=709

| journal=The Astrophysical Journal

| issue = 1

| pages=159–167

| bibcode=2010ApJ...709..159A| s2cid = 53628741

}}