WTS-1

Planetary system · 7651.7 light-years away

WTS-1 is 7,652 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F6 V star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (United Kingdom Infrared Telescope).

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Worth knowing

WTS-1 b goes round its star every 3.35 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF6 V
Surface temperature6,250 K
Mass1.2 solar masses
Radius1.15 solar radii
Luminosity1.226 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.644
Ageabout 2.55 billion years
Distance from the Sun7651.7 light-years (2346.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.9850°, Dec 36.2963°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WTS-1 b3.35 days0.0470 AU16.7 R⊕1274.4 M⊕Transit, 2012

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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