WASP-17 B

This may very well be the largest exoplanet found. It has an extremely tilted axis, about 150 degrees, and it

actually revolves backwards around its star. Its elements make it seem to "float" around its star and it orbits at up

to 8x as close as Mercury orbits the sun.

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Planets in System: 1

Revolution: 3.74 days

Distance to Earth: 1339LY

Radius: 130733.57km (1.87x Jupiter)

Mass: 1.4805414 x 10^15kg (0.78x Jupiter)

First Discovery: 2009