Temperature
6110 K
6013.5 to 6158
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-169
F8 • 627.1 pc
Records
4
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
5
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 386259537
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: Nielsen et al. 2019 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.34 Msun
1.17 to 1.34
Radius
2.01 Rsun
2.01 to 2.28
Age
3.80 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
627.1 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
F8
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 2.01 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-169
2.01 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-169 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2019
Period
5.61 days
Radius
14.62 R⊕
Mass
178.3 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1604 K
WASP-169: A Jupiter-Like Planet Around an F8 Star
WASP-169 is a star 2050 light-years away with a spectral type of F8. It is 3.8 billion years old, has a mass of 1.34 solar masses, a radius of 2.01 solar radii, and a temperature of 6110 K. Its mass and radius are larger than the Sun's, and its temperature is hotter than the Sun's. One planet orbits this star.
That planet, WASP-169 b, was discovered in 2019 by the transit method, in which a planet passing in front of its star slightly dims the observed brightness. It is a Jupiter-like planet, with a radius of 14.6 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Its orbital period is 5.61 days. Its mass is 178 Earth masses, also larger than Earth's. Its mean density is 0.315 g/cm³, 0.0571 times Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
4
Stellar refs
4
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agestable
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable
Spectral Typestable