Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2010

WASP-25 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) WASP-25, located approximately 689.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.81 Earth radii
  • A mass of 179.26 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.94 g
  • An orbital period of 3.765 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0473 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,217 K (944 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 689.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.100
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 12,160,142 years

WASP-25 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.81 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.232 R♃
Mass
179.26 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.564 M♃
Density
0.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.100
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2010
Method Transit
Facility SuperWASP
Telescope Canon 200mm f/1.8L

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#509of 1771

top 28.7%

This planet

13.81R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth WASP-25 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.8111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00179.26317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00341.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 179.255 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 229047362

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6186950525042445824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6186950525042445824

System

WASP-25

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.809 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1771
Mass 179.255 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 3.76 d · percentile 26 / cohort 1533
Distance 211.42 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.100 · percentile 26 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.765 days
Semi-major axis
0.0473 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.76 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0473 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

2.226 %

Duration

2.760 h

Impact parameter b

0.357

Rp / R★

0.138700

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,274.9965

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 22,257 ppm lasting ≈ 2.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.138700

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.330

Impact parameter (b)

0.357

RV semi-amplitude (K)

75.300 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,274.9965

Long. of periastron (ω)

0.00°

Sky-projected obliquity (λ)

14.60°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22400

Eq. Temperature

1,217K

(944 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

341.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.100

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Enoch et al. 2010

Instrument

iKon-L CCD Camera

Publication

2011-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: WASP-25

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,697 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.90 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.884 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.962 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.529 dex

Stellar density

1.961 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-2.63 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.50 km/s

Rotation period

16.93 days

Activity index (log R'HK)

-4.507

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
211.42 parsec
Light-years 689.55 ly
V-band magnitude
11.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 12,160,142 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

8.912.312.27B11.88V11.69Gaia11.22TESS10.60J10.27H10.17K10.13W110.17W210.03W38.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

4.701 mas

Total Proper Motion

29.937 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-29.27 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = -0.855 · y = -0.235 · z = -0.462

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 195.35976° · Dec -27.52223°

Galactic ℓ, b

305.649° · 35.297°

Ecliptic λ, β

205.027° · -19.301°

HTM-20 index

2097641408

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