WASP-133

Planetary system · 1823.5 light-years away

WASP-133 is 1,824 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G4 star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (SuperWASP-South).

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Worth knowing

WASP-133 b goes round its star every 2.18 days, 40 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG4
Surface temperature5,700 K
Mass1.16 solar masses
Radius1.44 solar radii
Luminosity2.02 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.891
Ageabout 6.8 billion years
Distance from the Sun1823.5 light-years (559.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 314.5754°, Dec -35.7966°
ConstellationMicroscopium

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-133 b2.18 days0.0345 AU13.563 R⊕368.68 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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