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WASP-18
Also known as HD 10069
WASP-18 is a magnitude 9 star located away in the Phoenix constellation of the Southern Hemisphere. It has a mass of 1.29 solar masses.
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 100
- Diameter
- 1600000
- Radius
- 1.23
- Mass
- 1.24
- Image
- WASP-18.jpg
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- spectral class
- F8
- catalog code
- TOI-185
- effective temperature
- 6400
- metallicity
- 0.385
- parallax
- 8.097
- surface gravity
- 19720
- radial velocity
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WASP-18 is a magnitude 9 star located away in the Phoenix constellation of the Southern Hemisphere. It has a mass of 1.29 solar masses.
The star, although similar to the Sun in terms of overall contents of heavy elements, is depleted in carbon. The carbon to oxygen molar ratio of 0.23 for WASP-18 is well below the solar ratio of 0.55.