WASP-43 is 283 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K7 V star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (SuperWASP).
Fly there in 3DWASP-43 b goes round its star every 19.5 hours, 108 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | K7 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,400 K |
| Mass | 0.58 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.6 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.1496 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.305 |
| Age | about 7 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 282.9 light-years (86.7 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 154.9082°, Dec -9.8064° |
| Constellation | Sextans |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-43 b | 19.5 hours | 0.0142 AU | 10.424 R⊕ | 565.71 M⊕ | Transit, 2011 |
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.