Temperature
5540 K
5476 to 5678
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-96
G8 • 352.5 pc
Records
8
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
9
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 160148385
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: Hellier et al. 2014 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.06 Msun
0.98 to 1.06
Radius
1.05 Rsun
1.05 to 1.15
Age
8 Gyr
5.20 to 9.40
Distance
352.5 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
G8
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.05 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-96
1.05 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-96 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2014
Period
3.43 days
Radius
13.45 R⊕
Mass
152.6 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1285 K
WASP-96 b: A Jupiter-Like World Around a Distant Sun-Like Star
WASP-96 is a star located 1150 light-years away. Its spectral type is G8, and it has an age of 8 billion years, a mass of 1.06 solar masses, a radius of 1.05 solar radii, and a temperature of 5540 K. The star's reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's. One planet has been identified around this host.
That planet is WASP-96 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered in 2014 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint and causes a small dip in observed brightness. It has a mass of 153 Earth masses and a radius of 13.5 Earth radii, larger than Earth's radius and mass. Its mean density is 0.345 g/cm³, 0.0627 times Earth's. WASP-96 b completes an orbit every 3.43 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
8
Stellar refs
8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5560 | 0.98 | 1.12 | — | 0.03 | — | 352.5 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5587 | 1.02 | 1.07 | 6.60 | 2.17e-3 | — | 352.5 | Wang et al. 2026 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 352.5 | Nikolov et al. 2022 | TICv8 |
| 5540 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 8 | — | G8 | 352.5 | Hellier et al. 2014 | TICv8 |
| 5540 | — | 1.12 | — | — | — | 352.5 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 5678 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 5.20 | — | — | 352.5 | McGruder et al. 2023 | TICv8 |
| 5500 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 9.40 | — | — | 352.5 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 5476 | — | 1.15 | — | 0.03 | — | 352.5 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |