Temperature
5500 K
5022 to 6472
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WASP-163
Unclassified star • 261.4 pc
Records
4
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
5
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 145368316
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: Barkaoui et al. 2019 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.97 Msun
0.97 to 1.32
Radius
1.01 Rsun
1.01 to 1.15
Luminosity
-0.08 log(Lsun)
-0.15 to 0.32
Distance
261.4 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.01 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-163
1.01 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-163 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2018
Period
1.61 days
Radius
13.47 R⊕
Mass
594.3 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1638 K
WASP-163 b: A Jupiter-like World in a Close Orbit
WASP-163 is a star 853 light-years away with a mass of 0.97 solar masses, a radius of 1.01 solar radii, and a temperature of 5500 K, which is cooler than the Sun's. One planet is known to orbit this host.
WASP-163 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered by the transit method in 2018. Its radius is 13.5 Earth radii, and its mass is 594 Earth masses, roughly 1.87 times Jupiter's mass. It completes an orbit every 1.61 days. Its mean density is 1.34 g/cm³, 0.243 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Stellar refs
4
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable