WASP-62 is 573 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,230 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (SuperWASP).
Fly there in 3DWASP-62 b goes round its star every 4.41 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 6,230 K |
| Mass | 1.11 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.23 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.216 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.213 |
| Age | about 2.6 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 572.8 light-years (175.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 87.1398°, Dec -63.9883° |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-62 b | 4.41 days | 0.0571 AU | 14.796 R⊕ | 165.27 M⊕ | Transit, 2012 |
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 6,230 K, 2.2 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.38 to 2.40 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 573 years ago, around 1450.