WASP-76, also known as BD+01 316, is a yellow-white

main sequence In astronomy, the main sequence is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appears on plots of stellar color versus brightness. These color-magnitude plots are known as Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams after their co-developers, Ejnar Her ...

star in the constellation of

Pisces Pisces may refer to: * Pisces, an obsolete (because of land vertebrates) taxonomic superclass including all fish *Pisces (astrology), an astrological sign *Pisces (constellation), a constellation **Pisces Overdensity, an overdensity of stars in t ...

. Since 2014, it has had one suspected stellar companion at a projected separation of 85

astronomical unit The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun and approximately equal to or 8.3 light-minutes. The actual distance from Earth to the Sun varies by about 3% as Earth orbi ...

Planetary system

The "hot Jupiter" class planet

WASP-76b WASP-76b is a Hot Jupiter exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-76 in the constellation Pisces. Wasp-76b orbits its parent star at a distance of 0.033 AU with a period of 1.8 days. Its mass is 0.92 times that of Jupiter. WASP-76b was discovered on Oc ...

was discovered around WASP-76 in 2013.

References

External links

WASP-76 in exoplanet.eu

WASP-76 на сайте Планетные системы
{{DEFAULTSORT:WASP-76 Planetary systems with one confirmed planet Pisces (constellation) F-type main-sequence stars Planetary transit variables Durchmusterung objects