Temperature
5630 K
5561 to 5726
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-16
Unclassified star • 194.1 pc
Records
11
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
12
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 46096489
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Southworth et al. 2013 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.98 Msun
0.98 to 1.78
Radius
1.09 Rsun
0.95 to 1.16
Age
8.60 Gyr
2.30 to 8.60
Distance
194.1 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.09 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-16
1.09 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-16 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2009
Period
3.12 days
Radius
13.67 R⊕
Mass
394.1 M⊕
Eq. Temp
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WASP-16 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet
WASP-16 is a star 633 light-years from Earth. It is 8.6 billion years old, has 0.98 solar masses, 1.09 solar radii, and a temperature of 5630 K. Its radius is larger than the Sun's and its temperature is cooler. One planet orbits this star.
That planet is WASP-16 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered by transit in 2009. Its radius is 13.7 Earth radii, larger than Earth's radius, and its mass is 394 Earth masses, larger than Earth's mass. It completes an orbit every 3.12 days. Its mean density is 0.849 g/cm³, 0.154 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Stellar refs
11
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5630 | 0.98 | 1.09 | 8.60 | — | — | 194.1 | Southworth et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| — | 0.98 | — | — | — | — | 194.1 | Knutson et al. 2014 | TICv8 |
| 5561 | — | 1.09 | — | 0.01 | — | 194.1 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5717.4 | 1.02 | 1.07 | — | 0.04 | — | 194.1 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5700 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 2.30 | — | — | 194.1 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 5700 | 1.78 | 1.14 | — | — | — | 194.1 | Stassun et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 5700 | 1.02 | 0.95 | — | — | — | 194.1 | Lister et al. 2009 | TICv8 |
| 5710 | — | — | — | — | — | 194.1 | Tsantaki et al. 2014 | TICv8 |
| 5700 | — | 0.95 | — | — | — | 194.1 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 5726 | 1.02 | 1.16 | — | — | — | 194.1 | Mortier et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 194.1 | Albrecht et al. 2012 | TICv8 |