WASP-91

Planetary system · 489.1 light-years away · also TYC 9342-1675-1

WASP-91 is 489 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K3 star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (SuperWASP-South).

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Worth knowing

WASP-91 b goes round its star every 2.80 days, 31 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK3
Surface temperature4,920 K
Mass0.84 solar masses
Radius0.86 solar radii
Luminosity0.4143 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.98
Distance from the Sun489.1 light-years (149.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 357.8464°, Dec -70.1529°
ConstellationTucana

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-91 b2.80 days0.0370 AU11.545 R⊕425.89 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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