WASP-135

Planetary system · 972.6 light-years away

WASP-135 is 973 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G5 V star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (SuperWASP).

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Worth knowing

WASP-135 b goes round its star every 33.6 hours, 63 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG5 V
Surface temperature5,675 K
Mass0.98 solar masses
Radius0.96 solar radii
Luminosity0.4724 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.181
Ageabout 0.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun972.6 light-years (298.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 267.2849°, Dec 29.8790°
ConstellationHercules

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-135 b33.6 hours0.0243 AU14.572 R⊕603.88 M⊕Transit, 2015

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

The planets, compared

For a star of 5,675 K, 0.47 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.66 to 1.16 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 973 years ago, around 1050.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by SuperWASP

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