Wattle
Sign in to saveWASP-19, formally named Wattle, is a magnitude 12.3 star about away, located in the Vela constellation of the Southern Hemisphere. This star has been found to host a transiting hot Jupiter-type planet in a tight orbit.
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- Instance of
- eclipsing binary star
- Named after
- Acacia pycnantha
- Constellation
- Vela
- Child body
- Banksia
- Distance from Earth
- +266.54
- Diameter
- +1320000
- Radius
- +1.004
- Mass
- +0.904
- Variable-star type
- eclipsing binary star
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WASP-19, formally named Wattle, is a magnitude 12.3 star about away, located in the Vela constellation of the Southern Hemisphere. This star has been found to host a transiting hot Jupiter-type planet in a tight orbit.
WASP-19 is older than the Sun, has a fraction of heavy elements above the solar abundance, and is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by the giant planet on a close orbit.