Malmok
Sign in to saveWASP-39, also named Malmok, is a G-type main-sequence star about away in the constellation Virgo. With an apparent magnitude of 12.1, it is much too faint to be visible to the naked eye. The star is slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun. It hosts one known exoplanet, WASP-39b.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Distance
- 702 light-years
- Redshift
- z = -0.00019528604506013902
- Coordinates
- RA 217.3267° · Dec -3.4445°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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WASP-39, also named Malmok, is a G-type main-sequence star about away in the constellation Virgo. With an apparent magnitude of 12.1, it is much too faint to be visible to the naked eye. The star is slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun. It hosts one known exoplanet, WASP-39b.
==Nomenclature== The designation WASP-39 comes from the Wide Angle Search for Planets. Since the planet transits the star, the star is classified as a planetary transit variable and has received the variable star designation V732 Virginis.
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