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WASP-69 / Wouri
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius[1]
Right ascension 21h 00m 06.19682s[2]
Declination −05° 05′ 40.0349″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.87±0.03[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[3]
Spectral type K5V[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−9.83±0.13[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 33.778 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: −93.581 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)19.8858±0.0170 mas[2]
Distance164.0 ± 0.1 ly
(50.29 ± 0.04 pc)
Details
Mass0.826±0.029[3] M
Radius0.813[3] R
Luminosity0.34[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.59±0.02[6] cgs
Temperature4,782±15[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.10±0.01[6] dex
Rotation23.07 d[3]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.27±0.22[6] km/s
Age2[3] Gyr
Other designations
Wouri, BD−05 5432, TOI-5823, TIC 248853232, WASP-69, TYC 5200-1560-1, GSC 05200-01560, 2MASS J21000618-0505398[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

WASP-69, also named Wouri, is a K-type main-sequence star 164 light-years (50 parsecs) away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius.[8] Its surface temperature is 4782±15 K. WASP-69 is slightly enriched in heavy elements compared to the Sun, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.10±0.01,[6] and is much younger than the Sun at 2 billion years. The data regarding starspot activity of WASP-69 are inconclusive, but spot coverage of the photosphere may be very high.[9]

Multiplicity surveys did not detect any stellar companions to WASP-69 as of 2020.[10]

Nomenclature

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The designation WASP-69 indicates that this was the 69th star found to have a planet by the Wide Angle Search for Planets.

In August 2022, this planetary system was included among 20 systems to be named by the third NameExoWorlds project.[11] The approved names, proposed by a team from Cameroon, were announced in June 2023. WASP-69 is named Wouri and its planet is named Makombé, after the Wouri and Makombé rivers in Cameroon.[12]

Planetary system

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In 2013, one planet, named WASP-69b,[8] was discovered on a tight, circular orbit.[3] Its equilibrium temperature is 886 K,[13] but the measured terminator temperature is significantly higher by at least 200 K.[9] The planet is losing mass at a moderate rate of 0.5 M🜨 per billion years,[13] producing a tail detected in 2024 and measured to be at least 7 times its own radius.[14]

The planetary atmosphere is extremely hazy and contains a partial cloud deck with cloud tops rising to a pressure of 100 Pa. Its composition is mostly hydrogen and helium, and sodium was also detected in low concentration.[9][15] The sodium may originate from volcanic moons, not from the planet itself.[16]

By 2021, the presence of hazes in atmosphere of WASP-69b was confirmed, along with a solar or super-solar water abundance.[17]

The WASP-69 planetary system[3]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b / Makombé 0.260±0.017 MJ 0.04525±0.00053 3.8681382±0.0000017 0 86.71±0.20° 0.945+0.007
−0.017
[9] RJ

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