WASP-189

Planetary system · 325.3 light-years away · also HD 133112, HIP 73608

WASP-189 is 325 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 8,000 K star; the first was found in 2020 by transit (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS)).

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Worth knowing

WASP-189 b goes round its star every 2.72 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature8,000 K
Mass2.03 solar masses
Radius2.36 solar radii
Luminosity20.64 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude6.59776
Ageabout 0.73 billion years
Distance from the Sun325.3 light-years (99.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 225.6867°, Dec -3.0315°
ConstellationLibra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-189 b2.72 days0.0505 AU18.147 R⊕632.48 M⊕Transit, 2020

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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