WASP-12

Display orbital revolution around the star WASP-12
Imaginary Picture of Star WASP-12
Star Name : WASP-12
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1410.6247 (LY) 432.5000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 1.6570 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.4340 (Msun/observed) 1.4340 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : G0
Metalicity : 0.3000
Absolute Magnitude : 3.51
Apparent Magnitude : 11.69
Right Ascension(RA) : 97.63664
Declination(DEC) : 29.67222
  • This is the WASP-12 . The star WASP-12 islocated about 1410.6 light-years (432.5 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star WASP-12 has apparent magnitude of 11.7, with absolute magnitude of 3.5.
  • It is 1.4 times more massive and 1.7 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6360 with its spectral types of G0
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet WASP-12 b radius 1.900000 mass 1.470000 orbital distance 0.023440
    (Illustration of the WASP-12's Planetary System)



    The Star WASP-12 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.452 AU ( 217217520.6 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.007 AU ( 300251379.2 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.058 AU ( 457516656.4 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 4.500 AU ( 673255802.4 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-12)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star WASP-12 distance : 1.453 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-12 distance : 1.840 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-12 distance : 1.777 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-12 distance : 1.946 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-12 distance : 3.208 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-12 distance : 3.383 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-12)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-12 distance : 1.473 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-12 distance : 1.887 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-12 distance : 1.949 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-12 distance : 3.266 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-12 distance : 3.396 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-12)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-12 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-12 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-3*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102