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WASP 12
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Star WASP 12

Yellow-White star WASP 12 is located 1347 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star, that has 143 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
1347 light years

WASP 12

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 6h 30m 32.8s
Declination iconDeclination: 29° 40' 20.155'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 2.421
Distance iconSun distance: 1347.032 ly | 413 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 143.4 % M Sun | 1502 M Jupiter
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Size: 157 % R Sun | 15.6 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 6300 K | 1.09 T Sun
time iconAge: 1.7 billions years | 0.37 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 4.05 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 11.6
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 3.5
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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

WASP 12 system structure

WASP 12
WASP 12 b 0.02 AU 467.3 M 21.7 R 1.1 days
More about WASP 12
Star WASP 12 is is approximately 57 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 6300 K (6027 °C), which is about 109 % of Sun's temperature.
       WASP 12 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
TYC 1891-1178-1, 2MASS J06303279+2940202, UCAC2 42216354
External sources
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TESS database (TOI 1725.01)
Archive from the TESS mission
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