WASP-96
Sign in to saveWASP-96 is a G8-type star, located approximately 1140 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Phoenix.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- eclipsing binary star
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Child body
- WASP-96b
- Distance from Earth
- 349.773
- Radius
- 1.05
- Mass
- 1.06
- Variable-star type
- eclipsing binary star
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- catalog code
- TIC 160148385
- apparent magnitude
- 12.2
- spectral class
- G8
- parallax
- 2.859
- radial velocity
- -0.90
- epoch
- J2000.0
- effective temperature
- 5540
- luminosity
- 1.0770986
- declination component of proper motion
- 2.192
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 25.594
- metallicity
- 0.14
- right ascension
- 1.0464069851
- declination
- -47.36064467548
- age estimated by a dating method
- 8
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WASP-96 is a G8-type star, located approximately 1140 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Phoenix.
It is known to host at least one exoplanet, WASP-96b. It was discovered in 2013 by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP), utilising the transit method. In July 2022, NASA announced that a spectrum of the planet would be featured in the initial science release from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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