WASP-120

Display orbital revolution around the star WASP-120
Imaginary Picture of Star WASP-120
Star Name : WASP-120
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 1257.0085 (LY) 385.4010 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 1.9300 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.4500 (Msun/observed) 1.4500 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : F5
Metalicity : -0.0500
Absolute Magnitude : 3.07
Apparent Magnitude : 11.00
Right Ascension(RA) : 62.61607
Declination(DEC) : -45.89833
  • This is the WASP-120 . The star WASP-120 islocated about 1257.0 light-years (385.4 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star WASP-120 has apparent magnitude of 11.0, with absolute magnitude of 3.1.
  • It is 1.4 times more massive and 1.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6450 with its spectral types of F5
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet WASP-120 b radius 1.515000 mass 5.060000 orbital distance 0.052200
    (Illustration of the WASP-120's Planetary System)



    The Star WASP-120 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.739 AU ( 260216511.7 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.404 AU ( 359687221.9 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.664 AU ( 548083727.6 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 5.391 AU ( 806529215.2 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-120)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star WASP-120 distance : 1.731 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-120 distance : 2.192 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-120 distance : 2.117 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-120 distance : 2.319 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-120 distance : 3.817 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-120 distance : 4.026 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-120)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-120 distance : 1.759 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-120 distance : 2.248 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-120 distance : 2.327 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-120 distance : 3.886 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-120 distance : 4.041 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-120)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-120 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-120 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-251*)
    *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