WASP-149

Planetary system · 690.6 light-years away · also TYC 5426-2934-1

WASP-149 is 691 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,750 K star; the first was found in 2025 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-149 b goes round its star every 32.0 hours, 66 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,750 K
Mass1.05 solar masses
Radius1.08 solar radii
Luminosity1.105 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.687
Ageabout 0.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun690.6 light-years (211.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 124.0737°, Dec -8.6866°
ConstellationHydra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-149 b32.0 hours0.0240 AU15.244 R⊕314.97 M⊕Transit, 2025

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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