Astronomy:WASP-16
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Short description: Star in constellation of Virgo
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo[1] |
| Right ascension | 14h 18m 43.9227s[2] |
| Declination | −20° 16′ 31.8422″[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: −0.040±0.082[2] mas/yr Dec.: 17.257±0.061[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 5.1230 ± 0.0507[2] mas |
| Distance | 637 ± 6 ly (195 ± 2 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 |
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | 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]
Planetary system
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 | — | — |
See also
- SuperWASP
- List of extrasolar planets
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "WASP-16b". Exoplanet Transit Database. http://var2.astro.cz/ETD/etd.php?STARNAME=WASP-16&PLANET=b.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ Maxted, P. F. L. et al. (2011). "UBV(RI)C photometry of transiting planet hosting stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 418 (2): 1039–1042. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19554.x. Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.418.1039M. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/418/2/1039/1070256.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Lister, T. A. et al. (2009). "WASP-16b: A New Jupiter-Like Planet Transiting a Southern Solar Analog". The Astrophysical Journal 703 (1): 752–756. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/752. Bibcode: 2009ApJ...703..752L.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "TYC 6147-229-1 -- Star". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=TYC+6147-229-1&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id.
- ↑ Brown, D. J. A.; Cameron, A. Collier; Anderson, D. R.; Enoch, B.; Hellier, C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Miller, G. R. M.; Pollacco, D. et al. (2012). "Rossiter-Mc Laughlin effect measurements for WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31★". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 423 (2): 1503–1520. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20973.x. Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.423.1503B.
External links
- SuperWASP Homepage
- "WASP-16". Exoplanets. http://media4.obspm.fr/exoplanets/base/etoile.php?nom=WASP-16.
Coordinates: 
14h 18m 44s, −20° 16′ 32″
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