WASP-81

Planetary system · 1299.7 light-years away

WASP-81 is 1,300 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,870 K star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (Multiple Facilities).

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Worth knowing

WASP-81 b goes round its star every 2.72 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,870 K
Mass1.08 solar masses
Radius1.283 solar radii
Luminosity1.76 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.469
Distance from the Sun1299.7 light-years (398.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 304.2080°, Dec 3.2939°
ConstellationAquila

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-81 b2.72 days0.0391 AU16.018 R⊕231.7 M⊕Transit, 2017

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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