WASP-47

Planetary system · 863.6 light-years away

WASP-47 is 864 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this G9 star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-47 e goes round its star every 19.0 hours, 111 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG9
Surface temperature5,565 K
Mass1.058 solar masses
Radius1.156 solar radii
Luminosity1.076 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.936
Ageabout 6.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun863.6 light-years (264.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 331.2031°, Dec -12.0191°
ConstellationAquarius

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-47 e19.0 hours0.0167 AU1.83 R⊕9 M⊕Transit, 2015
WASP-47 b4.16 days0.0520 AU12.86 R⊕374 M⊕Transit, 2012
WASP-47 d9.03 days0.0850 AU3.65 R⊕15.5 M⊕Transit, 2015
WASP-47 c589.6 days1.393 AU—447 M⊕Radial 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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