Temperature
6600 K
6600 to 7002
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WASP-79
Unclassified star • 246.7 pc
Records
9
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
10
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 170634116
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
1.39 Msun
1.39 to 1.54
Radius
1.51 Rsun
0.82 to 1.91
Age
1.40 Gyr
1.40 to 1.92
Distance
246.7 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.51 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-79
1.51 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-79 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2012
Period
3.66 days
Radius
17.15 R⊕
Mass
270.2 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1716.2 K
WASP-79 b: A Jupiter-like World Around an F-type Star
WASP-79 is an F5 star located 805 light-years away, with a mass of 1.39 solar masses, a radius of 1.51 solar radii, a temperature of 6600 K, and an age of 1.4 billion years. Its reported mass and radius estimates are larger than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is hotter than the Sun's. One planet orbits this host.
WASP-79 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered by the transit method in 2012. It has a mass of 270 Earth masses and a radius of 17.1 Earth radii, both larger than Earth's. Its mean density is 0.295 g/cm³, 0.0536 times Earth's. The planet completes an orbit every 3.66 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
9
Stellar refs
9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6600 | 1.39 | 1.51 | 1.40 | — | — | 246.7 | Brown et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 6600 | — | 1.49 | — | — | — | 246.7 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 6632 | — | 1.63 | — | 0.66 | — | 246.7 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 6600 | 1.39 | 1.51 | — | — | F5 | 246.7 | Gressier et al. 2023 | TICv8 |
| 6600 | 1.42 | 1.69 | 1.92 | — | — | 246.7 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 6600 | 1.43 | 1.60 | — | — | — | 246.7 | Stassun et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 7002 | 1.43 | 0.82 | — | — | — | 246.7 | Mortier et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 7002 | 1.54 | 1.49 | — | 0.68 | — | 246.7 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 6600 | 1.52 | 1.91 | — | — | — | 246.7 | Smalley et al. 2012 | TICv8 |