Temperature
5839 K
5839 to 5890.0
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-181
G2 • 437.5 pc
Records
4
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
5
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 293457754
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: Turner et al. 2019 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.04 Msun
1.04 to 1.07
Radius
0.96 Rsun
0.96 to 1.03
Age
2.50 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
437.5 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
G2
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.96 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-181
0.96 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-181 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2019
Period
4.52 days
Radius
13.27 R⊕
Mass
95.03 M⊕
Eq. Temp
1186 K
WASP-181 b: A Jupiter-like World in a Close Orbit
WASP-181 is a G2 star located 1430 light-years away. Its mass is 1.04 solar masses, its radius is 0.965 solar radii, and its temperature is 5840 K. The star is 2.5 billion years old. One planet orbits this host.
That planet is WASP-181 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered by transit in 2019. Its radius is 13.3 Earth radii, exceeding 4 times Earth's radius. Its mass is 95 Earth masses, and its orbital period is 4.52 days. Its mean density is 0.224 g/cm³, which is 0.0407 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