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WASP-42

Unclassified star • 177.3 pc

Records

7

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

8

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 248075138

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from all rows

Numeric fields use the median of non-null measurements. Disagreement stays visible through ranges, counts, and provenance.

Temperature

5315 K

4901.8 to 5315

7 values • 3 distinct

Mass

0.90 Msun

0.88 to 0.95

5 values • 5 distinct

Radius

0.86 Rsun

0.79 to 0.92

7 values • 7 distinct

Age

7.85 Gyr

4.40 to 11.30

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminosity

-0.36 log(Lsun)

-0.36 to -0.35

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

177.3 pc

single adopted value

7 values • 1 distinct

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

WASP-42 b

Transit

Discovery

2012

Period

4.98 days

Radius

12.58 R⊕

Mass

167.5 M⊕

Eq. Temp

1021 K

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

7

Stellar refs

7

System refs

1

Distancestable

7 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

7 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

7 values • 3 distinct

Massdisputed

5 values • 5 distinct

Radiusdisputed

7 values • 7 distinct

Agedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

4 values • 4 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

4 values • 2 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
52000.880.8511.30177.3Bonomo et al. 2017TICv8
52000.880.86177.3Lendl et al. 2012TICv8
53150.950.894.40177.3Southworth et al. 2016TICv8
4901.80.92-0.36177.3Gaia DR2TICv8
53150.79177.3ExoFOPTICv8
53150.920.79-0.35177.3TICv8TICv8
53150.900.91177.3Mortier et al. 2013TICv8