WASP-37

Planetary system · 1281.1 light-years away

WASP-37 is 1,281 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,800 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-37 b goes round its star every 3.58 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,800 K
Mass0.925 solar masses
Radius1.003 solar radii
Luminosity0.9528 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.815
Ageabout 11 billion years
Distance from the Sun1281.1 light-years (392.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 221.9439°, Dec 1.0650°
ConstellationVirgo

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-37 b3.58 days0.0446 AU13.002 R⊕572.07 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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