WASP-48

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WASP-48
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 19h 24m 38.9616s [1]
Declination +55° 28 23.3317 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.65±0.14
Characteristics
Spectral type G0IV
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-19.740 km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 6.141  mas/yr
Dec.: -27.969  mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.1732 ± 0.0213  mas [1]
Distance 1,500 ± 10  ly
(460 ± 5  pc)
Details [2]
Mass 1.19±0.04  M
Radius 1.75±0.07  R
Surface gravity (log g)4.03±0.03  cgs
Temperature 5920±150  K
Metallicity −0.12±0.12
Rotational velocity (v sin i)12.2±0.7 km/s
Age 6+5
4
  Gyr
Other designations
Gaia DR2  2141754578242371584, TYC  3925-739-1, GSC  03925-00739, 2MASS J19243895+5528233 [1]
Database references
SIMBAD data

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, [3] yet has no detectable ultraviolet emissions associated with the starspot activity. [4] The discrepancy may be due to large interstellar absorption of light in interstellar medium for WASP-48. [5] The measurements are compounded by the emission from eclipsing contact binary NSVS-3071474 projected on sky plane nearby, [6] although no true stellar companions were detected by survey in 2015. [7]

The star is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by the giant planet on close orbit. [8]

Planetary system

In 2011 a transiting hot Jupiter planet b was detected. [2]

The WASP-48 planetary system [2] [6]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 0.98±0.09  MJ 0.03320±0.000772.143634±0.000003080.09+0.69
0.55
°
1.396±0.051  RJ

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−2.10
billion years.

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−1.9
billion years.

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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.

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