WASP-5
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Right ascension | 23h 57m 23.7566s[1] |
| Declination | −41° 16′ 37.746″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +12.26[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G4V[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | ~12.71[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | ~12.3[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 10.949±0.022[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (H) | 10.650±0.025[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 10.598±0.023[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 7.330±0.040[1] mas/yr Dec.: −15.944±0.046[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.2063 ± 0.0351 mas[1] |
| Distance | 1,020 ± 10 ly (312 ± 3 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 | |
GSC 08018-00199, GSC2 S3220012143, UCAC2 14323784 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
WASP-5 is a magnitude 12 yellow dwarf star located about 910 light-years away in the Phoenix constellation.[2]
Planetary system
This star has one extrasolar planet WASP-5b detected by the SuperWASP project in 2007.[3]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-5b | 1.637 ±0.082 MJ | 0.02729 ±0.00056 | 1.6284246 ±1.3e-06 | 0 | — | — |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "SIMBAD query result:GSC 08018-00199 -- Star". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Anderson, D.R.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Wilson, D. M.; Collier Cameron, A.; Smalley, B.; Lister, T. A.; Bentley, S. J.; Blecha, A.; Christian, D. J.; Enoch, B.; Hebb, L.; Horne, K.; Irwin, J.; Joshi, Y. C.; Kane, S. R.; Marmier, M.; Mayor, M.; Parley, N. R.; Pollacco, D. L.; Pont, F.; Ryans, R.; Ségransan, D.; Skillen, I.; Street, R. A.; Udry, S.; 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 (1): L4–L7. arXiv:0801.1685. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.387L...4A. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00465.x. Archived from the original on 2010-04-08.
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External links
- UK planet hunters announce three new finds (PDF requires acrobat reader)
- SuperWASP Homepage
- "WASP-5". Exoplanets. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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