WASP-32

Planetary system · 900.2 light-years away · also TYC 2-1155-1

WASP-32 is 900 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,140 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

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

The star

Surface temperature6,140 K
Mass0.72 solar masses
Radius0.95 solar radii
Luminosity1.561 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.257
Ageabout 2.22 billion years
Distance from the Sun900.2 light-years (276.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 3.9617°, Dec 1.2005°
ConstellationPisces

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-32 b2.72 days0.0394 AU10.761 R⊕835.89 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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