WASP-87 is 973 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,450 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Anglo-Australian Telescope).
Fly there in 3DWASP-87 b goes round its star every 40.4 hours, 52 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
WASP-87 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only WASP-87 and its planets are drawn.
| Surface temperature | 6,450 K |
| Mass | 1.204 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.627 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.442 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.727 |
| Distance from the Sun | 973.2 light-years (298.4 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 185.3247°, Dec -52.8408° |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-87 b | 40.4 hours | 0.0295 AU | 15.524 R⊕ | 692.87 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.