WASP-5
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Right ascension | 23h 57m 23.759s[1] |
| Declination | -41° 16′ 37.74″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +12.26[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G4V[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | ~12.71[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | ~12.3[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 10.949±0.022[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (H) | 10.650±0.025[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 10.598±0.023[1] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 10.1[1] mas/yr Dec.: -13.8[1] mas/yr |
| Distance | 910 ±163 ly (297 ±50 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.021 ±0.063 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.084 ±0.041 R☉ |
| Temperature | 5880 ±150 K |
| Metallicity | 0 ±0.2 |
| Age | 3 ±1.4 billion years |
| Other designations | |
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GSC 08018-00199, GSC2 S3220012143, UCAC2 14323784,
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| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia |
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WASP-5 is a magnitude 12 yellow dwarf star located about 910 light-years away in the Phoenix constellation.[1]
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[edit] Planetary system
This star has one extrasolar planet WASP-5b detected by the SuperWASP project in 2007.[2]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-5b | 1.637 ±0.082 MJ | 0.02729 ±0.00056 | 1.6284246 ±1.3e-06 | 0 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "SIMBAD query result:GSC 08018-00199 -- Star". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=WASP-5. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Anderson et al.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Wilson, D. M.; Collier Cameron, A. et al (2008). "WASP-5b: a dense, very hot Jupiter transiting a 12th-mag Southern-hemisphere star". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 387: L4–L7. Bibcode 2008MNRAS.387L...4A. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00465.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120090011/abstract. (web Preprint)
[edit] External links
- UK planet hunters announce three new finds (PDF requires acrobat reader)
- SuperWASP Homepage
- "WASP-5". Exoplanets. http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=WASP-5. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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