WASP-41
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WASP-41 is a G-type main-sequence star about 533 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. Its surface temperature is 5450 K. WASP-41 is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements, with a metallicity Fe/H index of −0.080, but is much younger at an age of 2.289 billion years. The star exhibits strong starspot activity, with spots covering 3% of the stellar surface.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Spectral type
- G8V
- Distance
- 533 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.000013843005765235006
- Coordinates
- RA 190.6187° · Dec -30.6399°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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WASP-41 is a G-type main-sequence star about 533 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. Its surface temperature is 5450 K. WASP-41 is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements, with a metallicity Fe/H index of −0.080, but is much younger at an age of 2.289 billion years. The star exhibits strong starspot activity, with spots covering 3% of the stellar surface.
Multiplicity surveys did not detect any stellar companions as of 2017.
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