WASP-166

Planetary system · 372.4 light-years away · also TYC 6055-537-1

WASP-166 is 372 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F9 V star; the first was found in 2019 by transit (WASP-South).

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Worth knowing

WASP-166 b goes round its star every 5.44 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF9 V
Surface temperature6,050 K
Mass1.19 solar masses
Radius1.22 solar radii
Luminosity1.917 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.351
Ageabout 2.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun372.4 light-years (114.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 144.8751°, Dec -20.9824°
ConstellationHydra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-166 b5.44 days0.0641 AU7.0617 R⊕32.101 M⊕Transit, 2019

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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