Temperature
4650 K
4302 to 4650
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-59
K5 V • 115.9 pc
Records
6
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
7
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 91051152
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: Hebrard et al. 2013 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.72 Msun
0.67 to 0.72
Radius
0.61 Rsun
0.61 to 0.76
Age
0.50 Gyr
0.50 to 7
Distance
115.9 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
K5 V
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.61 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-59
0.61 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-59 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2012
Period
7.92 days
Radius
8.69 R⊕
Mass
274.3 M⊕
Eq. Temp
670 K
WASP-59 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet
WASP-59 is a K5 V star located 378 light-years away. This main-sequence dwarf is cooler than the Sun, with a temperature of 4650 K. Its mass is 0.719 solar masses and its radius is 0.613 solar radii, both smaller than the Sun's. The star's age is 0.5 billion years. One planet orbits this host.
WASP-59 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered by the transit method in 2012. Its radius of 8.69 Earth radii exceeds Earth's, placing it beyond the Jupiter-like threshold of four Earth radii. Its mass is 274 Earth masses, larger than Earth's. The planet completes an orbit in 7.92 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
6
Stellar refs
6
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitystable
Spectral Typestable
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4391.9 | — | 0.69 | — | -0.79 | — | 115.9 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 4650 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.50 | — | — | 115.9 | Knudstrup et al. 2024 | TICv8 |
| 4650 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 7 | — | — | 115.9 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 4650 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.50 | — | K5 V | 115.9 | Hebrard et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 4302 | — | 0.76 | — | — | — | 115.9 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 4302 | 0.67 | 0.76 | — | -0.75 | — | 115.9 | TICv8 | TICv8 |