WASP-4

Planetary system · 871.5 light-years away · also TYC 8017-108-1

WASP-4 is 872 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G8 star; the first was found in 2007 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-4 b goes round its star every 32.1 hours, 66 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG8
Surface temperature5,436 K
Mass0.899 solar masses
Radius0.912 solar radii
Luminosity0.6623 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.483
Ageabout 7 billion years
Distance from the Sun871.5 light-years (267.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 353.5629°, Dec -42.0618°
ConstellationPhoenix

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-4 b32.1 hours0.0226 AU15.121 R⊕381.39 M⊕Transit, 2007

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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