WASP-131

Planetary system · 652.6 light-years away

WASP-131 is 653 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G0 star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (SuperWASP-South).

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Worth knowing

WASP-131 b goes round its star every 5.32 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG0
Surface temperature5,990 K
Mass1.06 solar masses
Radius1.561 solar radii
Luminosity3.389 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.068
Ageabout 7 billion years
Distance from the Sun652.6 light-years (200.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 210.1936°, Dec -30.5836°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-131 b5.32 days0.0608 AU13.742 R⊕86.767 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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