WASP-95

WASP-95
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Grus
Right ascension	22^h 29^m 49.73^s
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.

Stars of Grus

Bayer	α (Alnair) β γ (Al Dhanab) δ¹ δ² ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ¹ μ² ν ξ ο π¹ π² ρ σ¹ σ² τ¹ τ² τ³ υ φ

Variable	S U W RS RZ BC BP BZ CE DL DQ

HR	8236 8241 8299 8323 8366 8379 8440 8477 8484 8501 8635 8639 8657 8658 8659 8685 8713 8749 8760 8771 8791 8793 8814 8835 8846 8847 8877 8896 8898

HD	208487 213240 215456

Gliese	Gliese 832 GJ 4248

Other	WASP-95 WISE 2220−3628 PSR J2144-3933

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