WASP-29

Planetary system · 285.7 light-years away

WASP-29 is 286 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 4,800 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-29 b goes round its star every 3.92 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,800 K
Mass0.77 solar masses
Radius0.79 solar radii
Luminosity0.2985 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.331
Ageabout 14 billion years
Distance from the Sun285.7 light-years (87.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 357.8792°, Dec -39.9071°
ConstellationPhoenix

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-29 b3.92 days0.0457 AU8.6309 R⊕73.101 M⊕Transit, 2010

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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