Temperature
6120 K
5909 to 6120
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-159
F9 • 715.4 pc
Records
4
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
5
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 77156657
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. 2019 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.41 Msun
1.10 to 1.41
Radius
2.11 Rsun
2.04 to 2.11
Age
3.40 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
715.4 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
F9
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 2.11 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-159
2.11 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-159 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2018
Period
3.84 days
Radius
15.47 R⊕
Mass
174.8 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1850 K
WASP-159 b: A Jupiter-Like Planet Orbiting an F9 Star
WASP-159 is an F9 star located 2330 light-years away, with an age of 3.4 billion years. Its mass is 1.41 solar masses and its radius is 2.11 solar radii, both larger than the Sun's, and its temperature of 6120 K is hotter than the Sun's.
One planet orbits this host. WASP-159 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered by transit in 2018. Its radius of 15.5 Earth radii is larger than Earth's, and its mass of 175 Earth masses is also larger than Earth's. It completes an orbit every 3.84 days. Its mean density is 0.26 g/cm³, 0.0472 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