Temperature
5950 K
5726.9 to 6034
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-26
G0 • 252.8 pc
Records
11
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
12
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 32487566
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: Smalley et al. 2010 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.12 Msun
0.86 to 1.12
Radius
1.34 Rsun
1.07 to 1.41
Distance
252.8 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
G0
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.34 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-26
1.34 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-26 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2010
Period
2.76 days
Radius
13.56 R⊕
Mass
270.2 M⊕
Eq. Temp
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WASP-26 b: A Jupiter-Like World in a Two-Star System
WASP-26 is a G0 star 824 light-years away, with 1.12 solar masses, 1.34 solar radii, and a temperature of 5950 K. Its reported mass, radius, and temperature estimates are all larger or hotter than the Sun's. The star hosts one known planet.
That planet is WASP-26 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered by the transit method in 2010. It has a mass of 270 Earth masses and a radius of 13.6 Earth radii, both larger than Earth's. Its orbital period is 2.76 days, and its mean density is 0.597 g/cm³, 0.108 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
Spectral Typestable
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 252.8 | Albrecht et al. 2012 | TICv8 |
| 5950 | 1.12 | 1.34 | — | — | G0 | 252.8 | Smalley et al. 2010 | TICv8 |
| 5726.9 | — | 1.41 | — | 0.29 | — | 252.8 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 6034 | 1.10 | 1.07 | — | — | — | 252.8 | Mortier et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 6034 | — | 1.28 | — | — | — | 252.8 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 5939 | 1.11 | 1.30 | — | — | — | 252.8 | Anderson et al. 2011 | TICv8 |
| 6034 | 0.86 | 1.22 | — | — | — | 252.8 | Stassun et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 5950 | 1.12 | 1.34 | 6 | — | — | 252.8 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 252.8 | Knudstrup et al. 2024 | TICv8 |
| 6015 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 4 | — | — | 252.8 | Southworth et al. 2014 | TICv8 |
| 6034 | 1.12 | 1.28 | — | 0.29 | — | 252.8 | TICv8 | TICv8 |