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WASP-5

WASP-5 is a magnitude 12 G-type main-sequence star located about 1,020 light-years away in the Phoenix constellation. The star is likely older than the Sun, slightly enriched in heavy elements and is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by the giant planet on a close orbit.

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WASP-5
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Phoenix1
Right ascension 23h 57m 23.75647s2
Declination −41° 16′ 37.7437″2
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.1463
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type G4V4
Apparent magnitude (B) 12.808±0.023
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.146±0.013
Apparent magnitude (J) 10.949±0.0223
Apparent magnitude (H) 10.650±0.0253
Apparent magnitude (K) 10.598±0.0233
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)20.49±0.672 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 7.406(14) mas/yr2
Dec.: −16.072(14) mas/yr2
Parallax (π)3.1883±0.0150 mas2
Distance1,023 ± 5 ly
(314 ± 1 pc)
Details5
Mass1.033±0.045 M
Radius1.088±0.040 R
Temperature5770±65 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.090±0.090 dex
Rotation16.20±0.40 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.40±0.70 km/s
Age5.84±1.866 Gyr
Other designations
TOI-250, TIC 184240683, WASP-5, GSC 08018-00199, 2MASS J23572375-4116377, DENIS J235723.7-411637, UCAC2 143237843
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

WASP-5 is a magnitude 12 G-type main-sequence star located about 1,020 light-years (310 parsecs) away in the Phoenix constellation.3 The star is likely older than the Sun, slightly enriched in heavy elements and is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by the giant planet on a close orbit.6

Planetary system

This star has one exoplanet, WASP-5b, detected by the SuperWASP project in 2007.4

The WASP-5 planetary system5
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination
(°)
Radius
b 1.590+0.053
−0.052
 MJ
0.02739±0.00039 1.62842953(52) <0.012 85.8±1.1 1.175±0.056 RJ
See also

See also

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-5". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  4. 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 (1): L4–L7. arXiv:0801.1685. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.387L...4A. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00465.x. S2CID 36741190.
  5. 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.
  6. Maxted, P. F. L.; Serenelli, A. M.; Southworth, J. (2015), "A comparison of gyrochronological and isochronal age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 577: A90, arXiv:1503.09111, Bibcode:2015A&A...577A..90M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201525774, S2CID 53324330
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