WASP-14
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Star WASP-14 |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Bear keeper | ||||||||
| Right ascension | 14 h 33 m 6 s | ||||||||
| declination | + 21 ° 53 ′ 41 ″ | ||||||||
| Apparent brightness | 9.7 likes | ||||||||
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| Known exoplanets | 1 | ||||||||
| Spectral class | F5 V | ||||||||
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WASP-14 , also cataloged as BD + 22 ° 2716 , is a main sequence star of the spectral class F5 in the Bear Guardian constellation . An exoplanet orbits it.
Exoplanet
WASP-14 b is an exoplanet with a mass of approximately 7.7 Jupiter's masses . It orbits the central star with a period of 2.24 days at a distance of about 0.04 astronomical units with an eccentricity of about 0.1. WASP-14 b was discovered as part of the SuperWASP project using the transit method. His discovery was published in 2008.
Web links
- BD + 22 2716 - Star in the SIMBAD Astronomical Database; Retrieved December 16, 2010
- Planet: WASP-14 b in the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia; Retrieved December 16, 2010