WASP-60
WASP-60 is a F-type main-sequence star about 1420 light-years away. The stars age is much younger than the Sun's at 1.7±0.5 billion years. WASP-60 is enriched in heavy elements, having 180% of the solar abundance of iron. The star does not have noticeable starspot activity, an unexpected observation for a relatively young star. The age of WASP-60 determined by different methods is highly discrepant though, and it may actually be an old star which experienced an episode of spin-up in the past.
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 23h 46m 39.9747s |
| Declination | 31° 09′ 21.3721″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.18 |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | Main sequence |
| Spectral type | F9 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | -26.604 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 30.262 mas/yr Dec.: −5.852 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 2.2916 ± 0.0397 mas |
| Distance | 1,420 ± 20 ly (436 ± 8 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.229±0.026 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.401±0.066 R☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.31±0.11 cgs |
| Temperature | 6105±50 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.26±0.07 dex |
| Rotation | 34.8±2.7 d |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.8±0.6 km/s |
| Age | 1.7±0.5 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
The star was named Morava in 2019 by Serbian amateur astronomers as part of the NameExoWorlds contest, after the Morava River in Serbia.
A multiplicity survey in 2015 did not detect any stellar companions to WASP-60.
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