WASP-167

Planetary system · 1381.4 light-years away

WASP-167 is 1,381 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F1 V star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (Multiple Observatories).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

WASP-167 b goes round its star every 2.02 days, 44 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF1 V
Surface temperature7,000 K
Mass1.59 solar masses
Radius1.79 solar radii
Luminosity7.895 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.517
Ageabout 1.29 billion years
Distance from the Sun1381.4 light-years (423.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 196.0438°, Dec -35.5495°
ConstellationCentaurus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
WASP-167 b2.02 days0.0365 AU17.71 R⊕2542.6 M⊕Transit, 2017

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 7,000 K, 7.9 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 2.49 to 4.30 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 1,381 years ago, around AD 640.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Multiple Observatories

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