WASP-99 is 517 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (SuperWASP).
Fly there in 3DWASP-99 b goes round its star every 5.75 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,150 K |
| Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.64 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.494 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 9.475 |
| Age | about 3 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 517.5 light-years (158.7 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 39.8977°, Dec -50.0082° |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-99 b | 5.75 days | 0.0717 AU | 11.433 R⊕ | 772.33 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.