WASP-95
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Grus |
Right ascension | 22h 29m 49.73s |
Declination | −48° 00′ 11.0″ |
Spectral type | G2V |
WASP-95 is a star in the constellation Grus. With an apparent magnitude of 10.1, it is actually a yellow sunlike star around which a planet was discovered in 2013. The planet, WASP-95b, is a hot Jupiter around 110% as massive as Jupiter, which completes an orbit round its sun every two days. It was discovered by its transit of the star in 2013.[1]
References
- ↑ Hellier, Coel; Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Delrez, L.; et al. (2013). "Transiting Hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b". arXiv:1310.5630. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.440.1982H. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu410.
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