WASP-117 is 515 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F9 star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (SuperWASP).
Fly there in 3DWASP-117 b goes round its star every 10.0 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F9 |
| Surface temperature | 6,040 K |
| Mass | 1.29 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.22 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.88 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.139 |
| Age | about 4.6 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 515.2 light-years (158.0 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 36.7758°, Dec -50.2844° |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-117 b | 10.0 days | 0.0946 AU | 11.882 R⊕ | 95.349 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.