WASP-67

Planetary system · 618.0 light-years away · also TYC 6307-1388-1

WASP-67 is 618 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,200 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (SuperWASP).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

WASP-67 b goes round its star every 4.61 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,200 K
Mass0.91 solar masses
Radius0.88 solar radii
Luminosity0.5077 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.537
Ageabout 12.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun618.0 light-years (189.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.7438°, Dec -19.9497°
ConstellationSagittarius

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-67 b4.61 days0.0518 AU12.89 R⊕136.67 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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