WASP-8b
WASP-8b is an extrasolar planet discovered in the SuperWASP batch -6b to -15b. On 1 April 2008, Dr. Don Pollacco of Queen's University Belfast announced them at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting.
This system is located 89 parsecs away, which is closer than most Hot Jupiters. It is denser than Jupiter.
The planet orbits retrograde to the spin of the parent star, spin-orbit angle been equal to -123°.
The equilibrium temperature is 950 K, but this oscillates due to eccentricity.
