WASP-148

Planetary system · 803.5 light-years away · also TYC 3083-295-1

WASP-148 is 804 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (SuperWASP-North).

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Worth knowing

WASP-148 b goes round its star every 8.80 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG
Surface temperature5,555 K
Mass0.954 solar masses
Radius0.912 solar radii
Luminosity0.726 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.036
Ageabout 3.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun803.5 light-years (246.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 254.1305°, Dec 44.3025°
ConstellationHercules

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-148 b8.80 days0.0822 AU8.474 R⊕91.217 M⊕Transit, 2020
WASP-148 c34.5 days0.204 AU13.9 R⊕ estimated124.59 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2020

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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