Temperature
6250 K
5773.5 to 6250
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Stellar HostProfile
WASP-72
F7 • 434.8 pc
Records
8
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
9
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 122612091
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: Gillon et al. 2013 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.39 Msun
1.03 to 2.78
Radius
1.98 Rsun
1.98 to 2.66
Age
3.70 Gyr
3.20 to 3.70
Luminosity
0.72 log(Lsun)
0.72 to 0.85
Distance
434.8 pc
single adopted value
Spectral Type
F7
Consistent across records
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.98 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
WASP-72
1.98 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
WASP-72 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2012
Period
2.22 days
Radius
14.46 R⊕
Mass
731.0 M⊕
Eq. Temp
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WASP-72 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet
WASP-72 is an F7 star 1420 light-years away. Its reported mass estimate is 1.39 solar masses and its radius estimate is 1.98 solar radii, both larger than the Sun's, while its temperature of 6250 K is hotter than the Sun's. The star's age is 3.7 billion years. One planet orbits this host.
WASP-72 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered by transit in 2012, meaning it was detected as it passed in front of its star and dimmed its observed brightness. It has a mass of 731 Earth masses, roughly 2.3 times Jupiter's mass, and a radius of 14.5 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Its orbital period is 2.22 days. The planet's mean density is 1.33 g/cm³, 0.242 times Earth's.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6250 | — | — | — | — | — | 434.8 | Wallack et al. 2021 | TICv8 |
| 6086 | — | 2.31 | — | 0.82 | — | 434.8 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5773.5 | 1.03 | 2.66 | — | 0.85 | — | 434.8 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | 1.39 | 1.98 | — | — | — | 434.8 | Addison et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 6250 | — | 2.66 | — | — | — | 434.8 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 6250 | 2.78 | 2.18 | — | — | — | 434.8 | Stassun et al. 2017 | TICv8 |
| 6250 | 1.39 | 1.98 | 3.70 | 0.72 | F7 | 434.8 | Gillon et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 6250 | 1.39 | 1.98 | 3.20 | — | — | 434.8 | Bonomo et al. 2017 | TICv8 |