WASP-103
Sign in to saveWASP-103 is an F-type main-sequence star located 1,800 ± 100 light-years (550 ± 30 parsecs) away in the constellation Hercules. Its surface temperature is (K). The star's concentration of heavy elements is similar to that of the Sun. WASP-103 is slightly younger than the Sun at 4 billion years. The chromospheric activity of the star is elevated due to interaction with the giant planet on a close-in orbit.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Spectral type
- F8V
- Distance
- 1,779 light-years
- Redshift
- z = -0.00013428388864544782
- Coordinates
- RA 249.3149° · Dec 7.1834°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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WASP-103 is an F-type main-sequence star located 1,800 ± 100 light-years (550 ± 30 parsecs) away in the constellation Hercules. Its surface temperature is (K). The star's concentration of heavy elements is similar to that of the Sun. WASP-103 is slightly younger than the Sun at 4 billion years. The chromospheric activity of the star is elevated due to interaction with the giant planet on a close-in orbit.
A multiplicity survey in 2015 found a suspected stellar companion to WASP-103, at a projected separation of .
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