WASP-16

Display orbital revolution around the star WASP-16
Imaginary Picture of Star WASP-16
Star Name : WASP-16
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 678.0790 (LY) 207.9002 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.9460 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.0220 (Msun/observed) 1.0220 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : G3V
Metalicity : 0.0100
Absolute Magnitude : 4.71
Apparent Magnitude : 11.30
Right Ascension(RA) : 214.68301
Declination(DEC) : -20.27556
  • This is the WASP-16 . The star WASP-16 islocated about 678.1 light-years (207.9 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star WASP-16 has apparent magnitude of 11.3, with absolute magnitude of 4.7.
  • It is 1.0 times more massive and 0.9 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 5550 with its spectral types of G3V
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet WASP-16 b radius 1.008000 mass 0.855000 orbital distance 0.042100
    (Illustration of the WASP-16's Planetary System)



    The Star WASP-16 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.631 AU ( 94435485.0 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.873 AU ( 130534519.2 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 1.330 AU ( 198905720.1 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.957 AU ( 292698480.6 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-16)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star WASP-16 distance : 0.663 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-16 distance : 0.840 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-16 distance : 0.811 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-16 distance : 0.889 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-16 distance : 1.493 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-16 distance : 1.574 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-16)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-16 distance : 0.661 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-16 distance : 0.864 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-16 distance : 0.875 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-16 distance : 1.519 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-16 distance : 1.579 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-16)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-16 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-16 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-185*)
    *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