Gnomon
WASP-43
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Distance from Earth
- 86.7467 pc (≈ 282.9 light-years)
- Spectral type
- K7 V
- Surface temperature
- 4,400 K
- Designation
- WASP-43
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Greek
- Name origin (IAU)
- The gnomon (γνώμων) is a basic astronomical instrument, like a sundial, whose shadow length and direction can indicate time or determine latitude.
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 283 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1743 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 12.3 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Gnomon» comes from Greek (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.