WASP-34

Planetary system · 430.8 light-years away · also TYC 6636-540-1

WASP-34 is 431 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,700 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-34 b goes round its star every 4.32 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,700 K
Mass0.96 solar masses
Radius0.91 solar radii
Luminosity1.095 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.285
Ageabout 7.8 billion years
Distance from the Sun430.8 light-years (132.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 165.3994°, Dec -23.8609°
ConstellationCrater

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-34 b4.32 days0.0524 AU11.209 R⊕177.98 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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