WASP-16

WASP-16 is a magnitude 11 Yellow [dwarf star|yellow dwarf] main sequence star, with characteristics similar to the Sun, located 628 light-years away in the Virgo constellation.

Planetary system

In 2009, a planet of the star was announced by the SuperWASP project. It is another hot Jupiter type exoplanet.
In 2024, a candidate mini-neptune was detected, also using the transit method. Further observations are needed to confirm its existence. The planet takes ten days to fully orbit WASP-16 and has an equilibrium temperature of.