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WASP-95

WASP-95 is a star 451 light-years away in the constellation Grus. With an apparent magnitude of 10.1, it is not visible to the naked eye. Its spectral type of G2 means it is a yellow sunlike star.

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WASP-95
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Grus1
Right ascension 22h 29m 49.73551s2
Declination −48° 00′ 11.0487″2
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.093
Characteristics
Spectral type G23
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)6.30±0.162 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 92.151(11) mas/yr2
Dec.: −6.905(14) mas/yr2
Parallax (π)7.2379±0.0157 mas2
Distance450.6 ± 1.0 ly
(138.2 ± 0.3 pc)
Details4
Mass1.110±0.090 M☉
Radius1.130+0.080
−0.040 R☉
Temperature5830±140 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.14±0.16 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.10±0.60 km/s
Age5.0+2.8
−1.8 Gyr
Other designations
CD−48 14223, CPD−48 10759, TOI-105, TIC 144065872, WASP-95, TYC 8442-960-1, GSC 08442-00960, 2MASS J22294972-48001113
Database references
SIMBADdata

WASP-95 is a star 451 light-years (138 parsecs) away in the constellation Grus. With an apparent magnitude of 10.1, it is not visible to the naked eye. Its spectral type of G2 means it is a yellow sunlike star.

Planetary system

In 2013, a planet was discovered around WASP-95. The planet, WASP-95b, is a hot Jupiter about 10% more massive than Jupiter, and completes an orbit round its star every two days. It was discovered by its transit of the star in 2013.5 The planet's equilibrium temperature is 1692.6±40.4 K.6

The WASP-95 planetary system6
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(days) 		Eccentricity Inclination
(°) 		Radius
b 1.206+0.065
−0.067 MJ 		0.0312±0.0022 2.18466560(11) <0.0184 85.9411+0.0065
−0.0066 		1.098±0.088 RJ
References

References

  1. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. "WASP-95". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. Bonomo, A. S.; Desidera, S.; et al. (June 2017). "The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 602: A107. arXiv:1704.00373. Bibcode:2017A&A...602A.107B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629882. S2CID 118923163.
  5. Hellier, Coel; Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Delrez, L.; et al. (2013). "Transiting Hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 440 (3): 1982–1992. arXiv:1310.5630. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.440.1982H. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu410. S2CID 54977201.
  6. Saha, Suman; Sengupta, Sujan (2021), "Critical Analysis of Tess Transit Photometric Data: Improved Physical Properties for Five Exoplanets", The Astronomical Journal, 162 (5): 221, arXiv:2109.11366, Bibcode:2021AJ....162..221S, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac294d, S2CID 237605336