Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Sculptor |
Right ascension | 00h 20m 56.99413s [1] |
Declination | −35° 59′ 53.7466″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.8 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K2V [3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 4.71±0.33 [1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 52.831 mas/yr [1] Dec.: −46.940 mas/yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 4.6520 ± 0.0226 mas [1] |
Distance | 701 ± 3 ly (215 ± 1 pc) |
Details [4] | |
Mass | 0.932+0.045 −0.046 M☉ |
Radius | 0.891±0.013 R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.510±0.013 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.508+0.023 −0.025 cgs |
Temperature | 5167±29 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.388+0.090 −0.10 dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.3±0.7 km/s |
Age | 5.4+4.7 −3.5 Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
WASP-45 is a K-type main-sequence star about 701 light-years (215 parsecs ) away. The star's age cannot be well constrained, but it is probably older than the Sun. Yet, WASP-45 is enriched in heavy elements compared to the Sun, having 240% of the solar abundance. [4]
The star has low ultraviolet emission, therefore it is suspected to have a low starspot activity, [5] although chromospheric activity was reported elsewhere. [3]
There is a companion star at a separation of 4.4 arcseconds, corresponding to 929 AU. [6]
In 2011 a transiting hot Jupiter planet, WASP-45b, was detected. [3] The planet equilibrium temperature is 1170±24 K . No Rayleigh scattering was detected in the planetary atmosphere, implying the existence of hazes or a high cloud deck. [7]
Companion (in order from star) | Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) | Orbital period (days) | Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | 1.018+0.046 −0.045 MJ | 0.04089+0.00065 −0.00069 | 3.1260876(35) [8] | <0.043 [8] | 84.686±0.098 ° | 0.978+0.026 −0.024 RJ |
WASP-6, also officially named Márohu, is a type-G yellow dwarf star located about 651 light-years away in the Aquarius constellation. Dim at magnitude 12, it is visible through a moderate sized amateur telescope. The star is about 80% of the size and mass of the Sun and it is a little cooler. Starspots in the WASP-6 system helped to refine the measurements of the mass and the radius of the planet WASP-6b.
WASP-121b, formally named Tylos, is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-121. WASP-121b is the first exoplanet found to contain water in an extrasolar planetary stratosphere. WASP-121b is in the constellation Puppis, and is about 858 light-years from Earth.
WASP-49 is a binary star system about 636 light-years away in the constellation Lepus. The two stars are separated by 443 AU. The primary is a G-type main-sequence star, with a surface temperature of 5,600 K. WASP-49 is depleted of heavy elements relative to the Sun. It has a metallicity Fe/H index of –0.23, meaning it has 59% the iron level of the Sun.
WASP-29 is a binary star system 285 light-years away in the constellation of Phoenix. The primary star is a K-type main-sequence star. Its comoving companion, a red dwarf star, was discovered in 2021. The star system kinematically belongs to the thin disk of the Milky Way. The primary is an old star with small starspot activity and low x-ray flux.
WASP-37 is a yellow main sequence star in the constellation of Virgo.
WASP-50 is a G-type main-sequence star about 594 light-years away. The star is older than the Sun and slightly depleted in heavy elements compared to the Sun, and has a close to average starspot activity. Despite its advanced age, the star is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by giant planet on close orbit.
WASP-48 is a subgiant star about 1400 light-years away. The star is likely older than Sun and slightly depleted in heavy elements. It shows an infrared excess noise of unknown origin, yet has no detectable ultraviolet emissions associated with the starspot activity. The discrepancy may be due to large interstellar absorption of light in interstellar medium for WASP-48. The measurements are compounded by the emission from eclipsing contact binary NSVS-3071474 projected on sky plane nearby, although no true stellar companions were detected by survey in 2015.
WASP-46 is a G-type main-sequence star about 1,210 light-years away. The star is older than the Sun and is strongly depleted in heavy elements compared to the Sun, having just 45% of the solar abundance. Despite its advanced age, the star is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by a giant planet on a close orbit.
Qatar-2 is a K-type main-sequence star about 595 light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. The star is much older than Sun, and has a concentration of heavy elements similar to solar abundance. The star features a numerous and long-lived starspots, and belongs to a peculiar variety of inflated K-dwarfs with strong magnetic activity inhibiting internal convection.
BD+00 316 is an ordinary star with a close-orbiting planetary companion in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is also known as WASP-71 since 2019; BD+00 316 is the stellar identifier from the Bonner Durchmusterung catalogue. With an apparent visual magnitude of 10.56, it is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. This star is located at a distance of 1,160 light-years based on parallax measurements, and is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 7.7 km/s.
WASP-62, formally named Naledi, is a single star about 573 light-years away. It is an F class main-sequence star, orbited by a planet, WASP-62b. The age of WASP-62 is much younger than the Sun at 0.8±0.6 billion years, and it has a metal abundance similar to the Sun.
WASP-61 is a single F-type main-sequence star about 1560 light-years away. The star is likely younger than the Sun at approximately 3.8+1.8
−0.9 billion years. WASP-61 is depleted in heavy elements, having just 40% of the solar abundance of iron.
WASP-59 is a K-type main-sequence star about 379 light-years away. The star's age is essentially unconstrained by observations. WASP-59 is slightly depleted in heavy elements, having 70% of the solar abundance of iron. The star produces extremely low levels of ultraviolet light, indicating an absence of flare activity.
WASP-75 is a F-type main-sequence star about 980 light-years away. The star is much younger than the Sun at approximately 2.9±0.2 billion years. WASP-75 is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements.
WASP-88 is a F-type main-sequence star. Its surface temperature is 6450±61 K. WASP-88 is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.03±0.04, and is younger at an age of 3.0±1.3 billion years.
WASP-84, also known as BD+02 2056, is a G-type main-sequence star 327 light-years away in the constellation Hydra. Its surface temperature is 5350±31 K and is slightly enriched in heavy elements compared to the Sun, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.05±0.02. It is rich in carbon and depleted of oxygen. WASP-84's age is probably older than the Sun at 8.5+4.1
−5.5 billion years. The star appears to have an anomalously small radius, which can be explained by the unusually high helium fraction or by it being very young.
WASP-80 is a K-type main-sequence star about 162 light-years away from Earth. The star's age is much younger than the Sun's at 1.352±0.222 billion years. WASP-80 could be similar to the Sun in concentration of heavy elements, although this measurement is highly uncertain.
WASP-96 is a G8-type star, located approximately 1140 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Phoenix.