WASP-5

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[1] mas
Distance1,020 ± 10 ly
(312 ± 3 pc)
Details
Mass1.021 ±0.063 M☉
Radius1.084 ±0.041 R☉
Temperature5880 ±150 K
Metallicity0 ±0.2
Age3 ±1.4 billion years
Other designations
GSC 08018-00199, GSC2 S3220012143, UCAC2 14323784
Database references
SIMBADdata
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia		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]

The WASP-5 planetary system
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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 Data Release 2 Vizier catalog entry
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "SIMBAD query result:GSC 08018-00199 -- Star". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. ↑ 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: L4–L7. arXiv:0801.1685. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.387L...4A. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00465.x. (web Preprint)
  • UK planet hunters announce three new finds (PDF requires acrobat reader)
  • SuperWASP Homepage
  • "WASP-5". Exoplanets. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

Coordinates: 23h 57m 23.759s, −41° 16′ 37.74″


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