WASP-87 A

Display orbital revolution around the star WASP-87 A
Imaginary Picture of Star WASP-87 A
Star Name : WASP-87 A
Alternate Name :
Star Distance (LY/pc): 782.7744 (LY) 240.0000 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 1.6270 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.2040 (Msun/observed) 1.2040 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : F5
Metalicity : -0.4100
Absolute Magnitude : 3.80
Apparent Magnitude : 10.70
Right Ascension(RA) : 185.32468
Declination(DEC) : -52.84083
  • This is the WASP-87 A . The star WASP-87 A islocated about 782.8 light-years (240.0 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star WASP-87 A has apparent magnitude of 10.7, with absolute magnitude of 3.8.
  • It is 1.2 times more massive and 1.6 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-87 A b radius 1.385000 mass 2.210000 orbital distance 0.029460
    (Illustration of the WASP-87 A's Planetary System)



    The Star WASP-87 A 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 1.466 AU ( 219363867.7 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.027 AU ( 303218191.7 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 3.089 AU ( 462037422.2 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 4.545 AU ( 679908307.3 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-87 A)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star WASP-87 A distance : 1.459 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-87 A distance : 1.848 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-87 A distance : 1.785 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-87 A distance : 1.955 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-87 A distance : 3.218 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-87 A distance : 3.394 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-87 A)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-87 A distance : 1.483 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-87 A distance : 1.895 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-87 A distance : 1.962 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-87 A distance : 3.276 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-87 A distance : 3.407 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-87 A)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-87 A )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-87 A (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-231*)
    *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