Temperature
5620 K
5620 to 5858.1
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WASP-127
Unclassified star • 159.5 pc
Records
6
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
7
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 169226822
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: Lam et al. 2017 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.08 Msun
0.95 to 1.08
Radius
1.39 Rsun
1.31 to 1.39
Age
11.41 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
159.5 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-127
1.39 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-127 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
4.18 days
Radius
14.69 R⊕
Mass
52.35 M⊕
Eq. Temp
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WASP-127 b: A Puffy Planet Around an Older Star
WASP-127 is a star 520 light-years away with one known planet, WASP-127 b. The host star is estimated to be 11.4 billion years old, with a mass of 1.08 solar masses and a radius of 1.39 solar radii. Its temperature is 5620 K, cooler than the Sun's.
WASP-127 b was discovered in 2016 by the transit method and is classified as Jupiter-like. It has a mass of 52.3 Earth masses and a radius of 14.7 Earth radii. Its orbital period is 4.18 days, and its mean density is 0.0909 g/cm³, 0.0165 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Stellar refs
6
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agestable
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 0.95 | 1.33 | — | — | — | 159.5 | Seidel et al. 2020 | TICv8 |
| 5828.0 | 1.05 | 1.35 | — | 0.28 | — | 159.5 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5858.1 | — | 1.31 | — | 0.26 | — | 159.5 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5620 | — | 1.35 | — | — | — | 159.5 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 5620 | 1.08 | 1.39 | 11.41 | — | — | 159.5 | Lam et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 5750 | — | — | — | — | — | 159.5 | Wallack et al. 2021 | TICv8 |