WASP-78

Display orbital revolution around the star WASP-78
Imaginary Picture of Star WASP-78
Star Name : WASP-78
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 2836.1391 (LY) 869.5652 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 2.3100 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 2.0200 (Msun/observed) 2.0200 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : F8
Metalicity : -0.3500
Absolute Magnitude : 2.30
Apparent Magnitude : 12.00
Right Ascension(RA) : 63.75627
Declination(DEC) : -22.11639
  • This is the WASP-78 . The star WASP-78 islocated about 2836.1 light-years (869.6 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star WASP-78 has apparent magnitude of 12.0, with absolute magnitude of 2.3.
  • It is 2.0 times more massive and 2.3 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 6100 with its spectral types of F8
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 1
  • Name of the 1 Planet WASP-78 b radius 1.700000 mass 0.890000 orbital distance 0.041500
    (Illustration of the WASP-78's Planetary System)



    The Star WASP-78 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.862 AU ( 278567061.1 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.574 AU ( 385052476.7 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.922 AU ( 586734762.6 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 5.772 AU ( 863405906.3 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-78)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star WASP-78 distance : 1.893 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-78 distance : 2.397 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-78 distance : 2.315 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-78 distance : 2.537 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-78 distance : 4.200 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-78 distance : 4.430 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-78)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-78 distance : 1.908 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-78 distance : 2.460 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-78 distance : 2.524 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-78 distance : 4.275 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-78 distance : 4.446 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-78)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-78 )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-78 (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-225*)
    *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