WASP-50

Planetary system · 602.9 light-years away · also TYC 5290-462-1

WASP-50 is 603 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,400 K star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-50 b goes round its star every 46.9 hours, 45 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,400 K
Mass0.892 solar masses
Radius0.843 solar radii
Luminosity0.634 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.44
Ageabout 7 billion years
Distance from the Sun602.9 light-years (184.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 43.6881°, Dec -10.8980°
ConstellationEridanus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-50 b46.9 hours0.0293 AU13.07 R⊕466.83 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.

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