WASP-170

Planetary system · 996.7 light-years away

WASP-170 is 997 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,600 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (SuperWASP-South).

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Worth knowing

WASP-170 b goes round its star every 2.34 days, 38 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,600 K
Mass0.93 solar masses
Radius0.938 solar radii
Luminosity0.77 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.613
Distance from the Sun996.7 light-years (305.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 135.4163°, Dec -20.7204°
ConstellationPyxis

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-170 b2.34 days0.0337 AU12.285 R⊕508.53 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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