WASP-142 is 2,384 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (SuperWASP-South).
Fly there in 3DWASP-142 b goes round its star every 2.05 days, 43 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,010 K |
| Mass | 1.33 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.64 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.26 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.871 |
| Age | about 2 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 2384.0 light-years (730.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 140.5063°, Dec -23.9461° |
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-142 b | 2.05 days | 0.0347 AU | 17.15 R⊕ | 266.98 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.