Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Pegasus [1] |
Right ascension | 23h 09m 58.25s [2] |
Declination | +18° 23′ 45.9″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.58±0.08 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | subgiant [2] [4] |
Spectral type | G3V [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −89.21±0.46 [2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +17.567(21) mas/yr [2] Dec.: +18.639(18) mas/yr [2] |
Parallax (π) | 3.9089±0.0197 mas [2] |
Distance | 834 ± 4 ly (256 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 4.97 [3] |
Details | |
Mass | 0.89±0.071 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 1.136±0.049 [6] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1.4 [7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.277±0.025 [6] cgs |
Temperature | 5,800±100 [3] K |
Metallicity | −0.4±0.1 [3] |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.46±0.11 [3] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.5±0.6 [3] km/s |
Age | 12±5 [3] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Tangra, TOI-5963, TIC 436478932, WASP-21, GSC 01715-00679, 2MASS J23095825+1823459 [8] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
WASP-21, also named Tangra, is a G-type star (spectral type G3V) that has reached the end of its main sequence lifetime. [4] [9] It lies approximately 834 light-years away, in the constellation of Pegasus. The star is relatively metal-poor, having 40% of heavy elements compared to the Sun. [9] Kinematically, WASP-21 belongs to the thick disk of the Milky Way. [3] It has an exoplanet named WASP-21b. [10]
A survey in 2012 failed to find any stellar companions to WASP-21. [11]
In 2019 the WASP-21 system was chosen as part of the NameExoWorlds campaign organised by the International Astronomical Union, which assigned each country a star and planet to be named. WASP-21 was assigned to Bulgaria. The winning proposal named the star Tangra after a deity worshipped by the early Bulgars, and the planet Bendida after a deity worshipped by the Thracians. [12]
In 2010 WASP-21 was discovered to host a hot Jupiter type planet by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP), [3] confirmed by radial velocity by the WASP team in 2010.
Transit-timing variation analysis in 2015 did not find any additional planets in the system. [9]
In 2020, spectroscopic analysis found that the WASP-21b atmosphere is mostly cloudless and contains sodium. [13]
Companion (in order from star) | Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) | Orbital period (days) | Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b / Bendida | 0.276 ± 0.018 MJ | 0.0499 ± 0.0013 | 4.322482 | <0.048 [14] | 86.97 ± 0.33° | 1.162 RJ |