Dìwö
Sign in to saveWASP-17, also named Dìwö, is an F-type main sequence star approximately 1,310 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. It hosts the planet WASP-17b.
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- catalog code
- TIC 66818296
- spectral class
- F4
- parallax
- 2.4811
- effective temperature
- 6650
- radial velocity
- -49.576
- apparent magnitude
- 11.383261
- epoch
- J2000.0
- metallicity
- -0.05
- stellar rotational velocity
- 8.87
- surface gravity
- 14800
- luminosity
- 3.456874
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -8.263
- declination component of proper motion
- -9.427
- age estimated by a dating method
- 3
- right ascension
- 239.96228812708998
- declination
- -28.06175356086
- named by
- IAU Working Group on Star Names
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WASP-17, also named Dìwö, is an F-type main sequence star approximately 1,310 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. It hosts the planet WASP-17b.
The star, although similar to the Sun in terms of overall contents of heavy elements, is depleted of carbon. The carbon to oxygen molar ratio of 0.18 for WASP-17 is well below the solar ratio of 0.55.
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