WASP-42

Display orbital revolution around the star WASP-42
Imaginary Picture of Star WASP-42
Star Name : WASP-42
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 580.2544 (LY) 177.9070 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 0.4336 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 0.0000 (Msun/observed) 0.5164 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : M9
Metalicity : 0.0000
Absolute Magnitude : 15.75
Apparent Magnitude : 22.00
Right Ascension(RA) : 192.98155
Declination(DEC) : -42.07361
  • This is the WASP-42 . The star WASP-42 islocated about 580.3 light-years (177.9 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star WASP-42 has apparent magnitude of 22.0, with absolute magnitude of 15.7.
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet WASP-42 b radius 1.080000 mass 0.500000 orbital distance 0.045800
    (Illustration of the WASP-42's Planetary System)



    The Star WASP-42 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.102 AU ( 15301294.9 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.141 AU ( 21150388.3 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.215 AU ( 32228511.1 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 0.317 AU ( 47425666.0 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-42)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.116 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.147 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.142 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.155 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.288 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.304 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-42)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.115 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.152 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.152 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.293 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-42 distance : 0.304 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-42)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-42 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-42 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-199*)
    *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