Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Virgo [1] |
Right ascension | 14h 18m 43.9225s [2] |
Declination | −20° 16′ 31.844″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.309 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G3V [4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.51±0.32 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (R) | ~11.00 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (I) | 10.49±0.02 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 9.984±0.024 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 9.659±0.022 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 9.589±0.023 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 0.088(27)
mas/
yr
[2] Dec.: 17.350(21) mas/ yr [2] |
Parallax (π) | 5.1912 ± 0.0262 mas [2] |
Distance | 628 ± 3
ly (192.6 ± 1.0 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.022±0.101 [4] M☉ |
Radius | 0.946±0.054 [4] R☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.5±0.2 [4] cgs |
Temperature | 5700±150 [4] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.01±0.10 [4] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.0±1.0 [4] km/s |
Age | 5+3.1 −0 [4] [6] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
WASP-16 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf main sequence star, with characteristics similar to the Sun, [5] located in the Virgo constellation. [1]
In 2009, a planet of the star was announced by the SuperWASP project. It appears to be another hot Jupiter type exoplanet. [4]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass |
Semimajor axis ( AU) |
Orbital period ( days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b | 0.855±0.059 MJ | 0.0421+0.001 −0.0018 |
3.1186009+0.0000146 −0.0000131 |
0 | — | — |
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Virgo [1] |
Right ascension | 14h 18m 43.9225s [2] |
Declination | −20° 16′ 31.844″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.309 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G3V [4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.51±0.32 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (R) | ~11.00 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (I) | 10.49±0.02 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 9.984±0.024 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 9.659±0.022 [5] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 9.589±0.023 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: 0.088(27)
mas/
yr
[2] Dec.: 17.350(21) mas/ yr [2] |
Parallax (π) | 5.1912 ± 0.0262 mas [2] |
Distance | 628 ± 3
ly (192.6 ± 1.0 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.022±0.101 [4] M☉ |
Radius | 0.946±0.054 [4] R☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.5±0.2 [4] cgs |
Temperature | 5700±150 [4] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.01±0.10 [4] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.0±1.0 [4] km/s |
Age | 5+3.1 −0 [4] [6] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
WASP-16 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf main sequence star, with characteristics similar to the Sun, [5] located in the Virgo constellation. [1]
In 2009, a planet of the star was announced by the SuperWASP project. It appears to be another hot Jupiter type exoplanet. [4]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass |
Semimajor axis ( AU) |
Orbital period ( days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b | 0.855±0.059 MJ | 0.0421+0.001 −0.0018 |
3.1186009+0.0000146 −0.0000131 |
0 | — | — |