WASP-136

Planetary system · 898.8 light-years away

WASP-136 is 899 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-136 b goes round its star every 5.22 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF
Surface temperature6,250 K
Mass1.41 solar masses
Radius2.39014 solar radii
Luminosity6.647 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.974
Ageabout 3.62 billion years
Distance from the Sun898.8 light-years (275.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 0.3258°, Dec -8.9263°
ConstellationCetus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-136 b5.22 days0.0661 AU16.813 R⊕479.92 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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