Q4052873
Sign in to saveWASP-78, is a single F-type main-sequence star about 2350 light-years away. It is likely to be younger than the Sun at 3.4 billion years. WASP-78 is depleted in heavy elements, having a 45% concentration of iron compared to the Sun.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Spectral type
- F8
- Distance
- 2,355 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.000004202916431772508
- Coordinates
- RA 63.7563° · Dec -22.1164°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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WASP-78, is a single F-type main-sequence star about 2350 light-years away. It is likely to be younger than the Sun at 3.4 billion years. WASP-78 is depleted in heavy elements, having a 45% concentration of iron compared to the Sun.
==Planetary system== In 2012 a transiting hot Jupiter planet b was detected on a circular orbit. The planetary equilibrium temperature is 2350 K, while the nightside temperature measured in 2019 is 2200 K. The dayside planetary temperature measured in 2020 is .
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