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WASP 17
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Star WASP 17

Yellow-White star WASP 17 is located 1315 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class F4, that has 120 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
1315 light years

WASP 17

Spectral class: F4

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 15h 59m 50.947s
Declination iconDeclination: -28° 3' 42.464'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 2.481
Distance iconSun distance: 1314.574 ly | 403.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 120 % M Sun | 1257 M Jupiter
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Size: 138 % R Sun | 13.7 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 6650 K | 1.15 T Sun
time iconAge: 3 billions years | 0.65 Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 11.6
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 3.6
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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 17 system structure

WASP 17
WASP 17 b 0.05 AU 154.5 M 22.3 R 3.7 days
More about WASP 17
Star WASP 17 is is approximately 38 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 6650 K (6377 °C), which is about 115 % of Sun's temperature.
       WASP 17 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
Gaia DR3 6042793005779654656
External sources
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Gaia database (Gaia DR3 6042793005779654656)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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TESS database (TOI 1050.01)
Archive from the TESS mission
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