WASP-41

Planetary system · 532.8 light-years away · also TYC 7247-587-1

WASP-41 is 533 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,545 K star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-41 b goes round its star every 3.05 days, 29 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,545 K
Mass0.81 solar masses
Radius0.83 solar radii
Luminosity0.6381 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.632
Ageabout 1.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun532.8 light-years (163.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 190.6188°, Dec -30.6398°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-41 b3.05 days0.0402 AU12.33 R⊕270.16 M⊕Transit, 2011
WASP-41 c421.0 days1.070 AU13.1 R⊕ estimated1010.7 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2015

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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