WASP-52

Planetary system · 570.2 light-years away

WASP-52 is 570 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K2 V star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-52 b goes round its star every 42.0 hours, 50 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK2 V
Surface temperature5,000 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.79 solar radii
Luminosity0.4429 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.192
Ageabout 0.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun570.2 light-years (174.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 348.4948°, Dec 8.7611°
ConstellationPegasus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-52 b42.0 hours0.0272 AU14.24 R⊕146.2 M⊕Transit, 2012

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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