WASP-130

Planetary system · 561.8 light-years away

WASP-130 is 562 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G6 star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (SuperWASP-South).

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Worth knowing

WASP-130 b goes round its star every 11.6 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG6
Surface temperature5,625 K
Mass1.04 solar masses
Radius0.96 solar radii
Luminosity0.9286 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.104
Ageabout 2 billion years
Distance from the Sun561.8 light-years (172.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 203.1060°, Dec -42.4753°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-130 b11.6 days0.101 AU9.976 R⊕390.93 M⊕Transit, 2016

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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