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WASP-12

Artist's conception of WASP-12 & WASP-12b
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Auriga[1]
Right ascension 06h 30m 32.7966s[2]
Declination +29° 40′ 20.264″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.560±0.068[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type G0V[4] + M3V + M3V[5]
Apparent magnitude (B) 12.138±0.019[3]
Apparent magnitude (R) ~11.6[6]
Apparent magnitude (J) 10.477±0.021[7]
Apparent magnitude (H) 10.228±0.022[7]
Apparent magnitude (K) 10.188±0.020[7]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)20.62±1.44[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1.519(19) mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −6.761(15) mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)2.4213±0.0166 mas[2]
Distance1,347 ± 9 ly
(413 ± 3 pc)
Details
A
Mass1.325+0.026
−0.018
[8] M
Radius1.690+0.019
−0.018
[8] R
Luminosity4.05+0.54
−0.53
[9] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.11±0.11[8] cgs
Temperature6265±50[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.12±0.07[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<1.9[8] km/s
Age3.05±0.32[8] Gyr
Other designations
TOI-1725, TIC 86396382, WASP-12, TYC 1891-1178-1, 2MASS J06303279+2940202, UCAC2 42216354[6]
Database references
SIMBADA
BC
Exoplanet Archivedata

WASP-12 is a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf star located approximately 1347 light-years away[2] in the constellation Auriga.[6] WASP-12 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun and is known for being orbited by a planet that is extremely hot and has a retrograde orbit around WASP-12. WASP-12 forms a triple star system with two red dwarf companions. Both of them have spectral types of M3V and are only 38% and 37% as massive as the Sun, respectively.[5]

Planetary system

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In 2008, the exoplanet WASP-12b was discovered orbiting WASP-12 by SuperWASP, using the transit method. It is a hot Jupiter completing an orbit around its star in just one day.[10] Its high carbon-to-oxygen ratio indicates that rocky planets might have formed in the star system, and it may be a carbon planet.[11] It is subject to intensive photo-evaporation, and may be completely destroyed within one billion years from now.[12]

In 2015, no indications of additional planets were found in the WASP-12 system.[9]

The WASP-12 planetary system[13]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 1.465±0.079 MJ 0.0232±0.00064 1.09142030(14)[9] <0.02[14] 83.52±0.03° 1.937±0.056 RJ

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