WASP-20

WASP-20
WASP-20, as seen during the Digitized Sky Survey
Object typeBinary star (Type F9V)[1]
Other designations2MASS J00203853-2356086, GSC 06413-00439, PPM 723532, Gaia DR2 2359978293136820864, RAVE J002038.5-235609, Gaia DR3 2359978293137038720, TOI-194, TIC 211438925, UCAC4 331-000391, TYC 6413-439-1
Observation data
(Epoch J2000)
ConstellationCetus[2]
00h 20m 38.53504s[3]
Declination−23° 56′ 08.6028″[3]
Distance~900 ly
9.701 ±0.021, 9.417 ±0.021, 9.39 ±0.024, 11.388 ±0.051, 10.779 ±0.017, 11.034 ±0.012, 10.62 ±0.022, 10.485 ±0.053, 10.839109 ±0.01, 10.765 ±0.04 Edit this on Wikidata
Temperature5940±100
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WASP-20, also known as CD-24 102, is a binary star[1] system in the equatorial constellation Cetus, located at a distance of about 940 light-years (290 parsecs) from the Sun. The primary star is an F-type main sequence star and hosts one confirmed exoplanet, WASP-20b.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Evans2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. 2 August 2008.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference GaiaDR3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SIMBAD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "WASP-20 | NASA Exoplanet Archive".