WASP-15

Planetary system · 920.1 light-years away · also TYC 7283-1162-1

WASP-15 is 920 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F7 star; the first was found in 2009 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-15 b goes round its star every 3.75 days, 23 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF7
Surface temperature6,300 K
Mass1.18 solar masses
Radius1.48 solar radii
Luminosity3.09 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.972
Ageabout 2.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun920.1 light-years (282.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 208.9280°, Dec -32.1597°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-15 b3.75 days0.0517 AU15.805 R⊕171.63 M⊕Transit, 2009

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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