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WASP-76 is a star which hosts at least one extrasolar planet, WASP-76 b. The star has a mass which is 1.46 times the mass of our Sun. The star is 391 light years away from Earth.

Star information

  • Right ascension: 01h 46m 31.86s
  • Declination: +02° 42' 02"
  • Metallicity [Fe/H]: 0.23 ± 0.1
  • Apparent magnitude: 9.5
  • Temperature: 6250 ± 100 (10790 °F, 5976 °C)

Planetary system

b

  • Mass: 0.92 ± 0.03 MJ
  • Semimajor axis: 0.033 ± 0.0005 AU
  • Orbital period: 1.80989 earth days

Planets

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