WASP-164

Planetary system · 1068.2 light-years away

WASP-164 is 1,068 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2 V star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (SuperWASP-South).

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Worth knowing

WASP-164 b goes round its star every 42.7 hours, 50 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG2 V
Surface temperature5,806 K
Mass0.946 solar masses
Radius0.932 solar radii
Luminosity0.8564 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.603
Ageabout 4.08 billion years
Distance from the Sun1068.2 light-years (327.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 344.8736°, Dec -60.4478°
ConstellationTucana

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-164 b42.7 hours0.0282 AU12.644 R⊕676.98 M⊕Transit, 2018

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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