WASP-101

Planetary system · 656.3 light-years away · also TYC 6507-2660-1

WASP-101 is 656 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F6 star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-101 b goes round its star every 3.59 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF6
Surface temperature6,380 K
Mass1.41 solar masses
Radius1.31 solar radii
Luminosity2.633 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.336
Ageabout 1.14 billion years
Distance from the Sun656.3 light-years (201.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 98.3511°, Dec -23.4861°
ConstellationCanis Major

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-101 b3.59 days0.0506 AU16.029 R⊕162.09 M⊕Transit, 2014

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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