WASP-98

Planetary system · 918.9 light-years away

WASP-98 is 919 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G7 star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-98 b goes round its star every 2.96 days, 30 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

WASP-98 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only WASP-98 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Spectral typeG7
Surface temperature5,473 K
Mass0.809 solar masses
Radius0.741 solar radii
Luminosity0.4387 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.252
Ageabout 2.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun918.9 light-years (281.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 58.4290°, Dec -34.3283°
ConstellationEridanus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-98 b2.96 days0.0376 AU12.823 R⊕293.04 M⊕Transit, 2014

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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