Temperature
6250 K
6244.5 to 6407
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WASP-61
Unclassified star • 488.7 pc
Records
7
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
8
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 13021029
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: Brown et al. 2017 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.27 Msun
1.21 to 1.82
Radius
1.39 Rsun
1.32 to 1.55
Age
2.70 Gyr
2.70 to 3.80
Distance
488.7 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.39 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-61
1.39 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-61 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2012
Period
3.86 days
Radius
15.80 R⊕
Mass
851.8 M⊕
Eq. Temp
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WASP-61 and Its Single Known Planet
WASP-61 is a star 1590 light-years away with one known planet. The host star is 2.7 billion years old, has 1.27 solar masses and 1.39 solar radii, and a temperature of 6250 K. Its reported mass and radius estimates are larger than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is hotter than the Sun's.
The one known planet is WASP-61 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered by transit in 2012. It has a mass of 852 Earth masses, a radius of 15.8 Earth radii, and an orbital period of 3.86 days. Its reported radius and mass estimates are larger than Earth's, and its mass is roughly 2.68 times Jupiter's mass. WASP-61 b's mean density is 1.19 g/cm³, 0.216 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Stellar refs
7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6250 | 1.82 | 1.55 | — | — | — | 488.7 | Stassun et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 6244.5 | — | 1.43 | — | — | — | 488.7 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 6320 | 1.22 | 1.36 | — | — | — | 488.7 | Hellier et al. 2012 | TICv8 |
| 6250 | 1.22 | 1.36 | 3.80 | — | — | 488.7 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 6407 | — | 1.32 | — | 0.43 | — | 488.7 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 6250 | 1.27 | 1.39 | 2.70 | — | — | 488.7 | Brown et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 6244.5 | 1.21 | 1.43 | — | 0.45 | — | 488.7 | TICv8 | TICv8 |