WASP-85 A

Planetary system · 462.8 light-years away

WASP-85 A is 463 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G5 V star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (K2).

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Worth knowing

WASP-85 A b goes round its star every 2.66 days, 33 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

WASP-85 A is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Spectral typeG5 V
Surface temperature6,112 K
Mass1.09 solar masses
Radius0.935 solar radii
Luminosity0.8483 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.72
Distance from the Sun462.8 light-years (141.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 175.9080°, Dec 6.5638°
ConstellationVirgo

The other star

WASP-85 C is a M2.5V star of magnitude 16.36, judged a true companion. In 2015 it was 140.2″ from WASP-85 A, at position angle 57° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 11436+0634 WSP 85 AC): 19,892 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger.

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-85 A b2.66 days0.0390 AU13.899 R⊕402.05 M⊕Transit, 2016

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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