WASP-42
Star 578 light-years from the Sun with one known planet
Planet
Star
- Spectral type
- unknown
- Temperature
- 5,315 K
- Radius
- 0.892 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.951 × Sun
- Brightness seen from Earth
- 12.2 mag
- Distance
- 578 ly (177 pc)
Brightness is given in magnitudes: the smaller the number, the brighter the star. The faintest stars visible to the naked eye are around 6 mag.
Position
- Right ascension
- 192.9812°
- Declination
- -42.0736°
- Catalogue names
- Gaia DR3 6139698733664726784