Temperature
4400 K
4124 to 4500
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WASP-43
Unclassified star • 86.75 pc
Records
7
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
8
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 36734222
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: Bonomo et al. 2017 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.72 Msun
0.58 to 0.72
Radius
0.67 Rsun
0.60 to 0.76
Age
7 Gyr
0.80 to 7
Distance
86.75 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.67 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-43
0.67 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-43 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2011
Period
0.81 days
Radius
10.42 R⊕
Mass
565.7 M⊕
Eq. Temp
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WASP-43 b: A Giant Planet in a Speedy Orbit
WASP-43 is a K7 V star, a K-type main-sequence dwarf, located 283 light-years away. The star is 7 billion years old, with a mass of 0.717 solar masses, a radius of 0.667 solar radii, and a temperature of 4400 K. One planet orbits this host.
WASP-43 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered by transit in 2011. It has a mass of 566 Earth masses, a radius of 10.4 Earth radii, and an orbital period of 0.813 days. Its mean density is 2.75 g/cm³, 0.499 times Earth's. The planet's mass is roughly 1.78 times Jupiter's mass.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Stellar refs
7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4305.8 | — | 0.66 | — | -0.87 | — | 86.75 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 4400 | — | — | 0.80 | — | K7 V | 86.75 | Salz et al. 2015 | TICv8 |
| 4400 | 0.58 | 0.60 | — | — | — | 86.75 | Hellier et al. 2011 | TICv8 |
| 4124 | 0.65 | 0.76 | — | -0.83 | — | 86.75 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 4500 | 0.69 | 0.65 | — | — | — | 86.75 | Esposito et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 4400 | — | 0.76 | — | — | — | 86.75 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 4400 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 7 | — | — | 86.75 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |