WTS-2

Planetary system · 3361.9 light-years away

WTS-2 is 3,362 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K2 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (United Kingdom Infrared Telescope).

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Worth knowing

WTS-2 b goes round its star every 24.4 hours, 86 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK2 V
Surface temperature5,000 K
Mass0.82 solar masses
Radius0.752 solar radii
Luminosity0.5151 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.954
Ageabout 0.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun3361.9 light-years (1030.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.7328°, Dec 36.8155°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WTS-2 b24.4 hours0.0186 AU15.278 R⊕355.97 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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