WASP-31

Planetary system · 1251.9 light-years away · also TYC 6087-1053-1

WASP-31 is 1,252 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,302 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-31 b goes round its star every 3.41 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,302 K
Mass1.163 solar masses
Radius1.252 solar radii
Luminosity2.166 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.658
Ageabout 1 billion years
Distance from the Sun1251.9 light-years (383.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 169.4389°, Dec -19.0548°
ConstellationCrater

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-31 b3.41 days0.0466 AU17.363 R⊕151.92 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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