Imaginary Picture of WASP-10 b

Display orbital revolution of WASP-10 b around the hoststar WASP-10
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Exoplanet Name : WASP-10 b
Alternate Name :
Status : Confirmed
Radius (Rjup / Re): 1.0800 (Rjup) 12.1057 (Rearth)
Mass (Mjup / Me): 3.1600 (Mjup) 1004.6841 (Mearth)
Semi Major Axis / Orbital Distance Calculated 0.0371 (AU) 0.0371 (AU Est.)
Eccentricity : 0.0570
Orbital Period(Yrs) 0.0085
Orbital Period(Observed/Estimated) 3.09 (Days Obs.) 3.10 (Days Est.)
Surface Gravity (G Earth) 6.8556
Star Radiation at Atmospheric Boundary: 260919.8 (W/m2)
Measured Temperature (K) 0.0 (K)
Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1008.7 (K)
Blackbody T 0.3(K) 947.3 (K)
Blackbody T 0.7(K) 766.5 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.1(K) 1199.6 (K)
Tidally Locked Blackbody T 0.3(K) 1126.5 (K)
Size Class: Jupiter-size
Mass Class:
Detection Type : Primary Transit
Mass Detection :
Radius Detection :
Habitability by Solar Eq. Astronomical Unit: Not habitable
Habitability by Kopparapu: Not habitable
Star Name : WASP-10
Alternate Name :
Star Distance(LY) : 293.5
Stellar Radius(Rsun) : 0.8 (Rsun Measured)
Stellar Mass(Msun) : 0.7 (Msun Measured) 0.7 (Msun Estimated)
Star Age : 0.8 (GY)
Temperature : 4675 (K)
Spectral type : K5
UV portion[%]: 2.1
Visible portion[%]: 33.8
IR portion[%]: 64.1
Metalicity : 0.0
Absolute Magnitude: 7.9
Apparent Magnitude: 12.7
Right Ascension(RA) 348.9929
Declination (DEC) 31.4628
Hubble Space Telescope Guide Star Catalog (GSC) ID 02752-00114
Discovered by
Discovery Paper - Authors CUTRI R.M.; SKRUTSKIE M.F.; VAN DYK S.; BEICHMAN C.A.; CARPENTER J.M.; CHESTER T.; CAMBRESY L.; EVANS T.; FOWLER J.; GIZIS J.; HOWARD E.; HUCHRA J.; JARRETT T.; KOPAN E.L.; KIRKPATRICK J.D.; LIGHT R.M.; MARSH K.A.; McCALLON H.; SCHNEIDER S.; STIENING R.; SYKES M.; WEINBERG M.; WHEATON W.A.; WHEELOCK S.; ZACARIAS N.
Discovery Paper - Title 2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources.
Discovery Paper - Journal 0
Discovery Paper - URL 0
SIMBAD LINK http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=WASP-10+&submit=SIMBAD+search
Open Exoplanet Database Link http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/WASP-10%20b/
WASP-10 b
WASP-10 b

  • WASP-10 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-10, located about 293.5 light-years (90.0 pc) away from Solar System. Its discovery was publicly announced on 2008.
  • The host star WASP-10 has apparent magnitude of 12.7, with absolute magnitude of 7.9.
  • It is 0.7 times more massive and 0.8 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 4675 with its spectral types of K5
  • In this planetary system, the extrasolar planet WASP-10 b orbits around the star WASP-10 every 3.1 days with its orbital distance of 0.04 AU ( 5550081.0 km)
  • (Projected orbit of WASP-10 b around its host star WASP-10)


  • The Star WASP-10 's habitable zone is located at the following distance
  • Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 0.371 AU ( 55460413.7 km)
  • Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.512 AU ( 76660785.3 km)
  • Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 0.781 AU ( 116814071.8 km)
  • Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 1.149 AU ( 171897023.9 km)
  • Radiation at Planetary Boundary of WASP-10 b : 260919.76 W/m2

    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star WASP-10)



  • Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.407 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.515 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.497 AU
  • Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.546 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.946 AU
  • Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.998 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star WASP-10)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.402 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.531 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.531 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star WASP-10 distance : 0.962 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star WASP-10 distance : 1.000 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star WASP-10)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star WASP-10 and its Exoplanet WASP-10 b)



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star WASP-10 and its Exoplanet WASP-10 b (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star WASP-10*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102