WASP-24 is 1,051 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,075 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (SuperWASP).
Fly there in 3DWASP-24 b goes round its star every 2.34 days, 38 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
WASP-24 is one of 3 stars in its system. The position of the other 2 is not catalogued, so only WASP-24 and its planets are drawn.
| Surface temperature | 6,075 K |
| Mass | 1.43 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.42 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.144 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.219 |
| Age | about 3.8 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1050.6 light-years (322.1 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 227.2155°, Dec 2.3433° |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-24 b | 2.34 days | 0.0365 AU | 15.468 R⊕ | 394.11 M⊕ | Transit, 2010 |
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.
For a star of 6,075 K, 2.1 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.37 to 2.39 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 1,051 years ago, around AD 980.