Wouri
WASP-69
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Star
- Distance from Earth
- 49.9605 pc (≈ 162.9 light-years)
- Spectral type
- K
- Surface temperature
- 4,792 K
- Designation
- WASP-69
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Duala
- Name origin (IAU)
- The Wouri is an important river in Cameroon. The 15th-century Portuguese navigator Fernão do Pó noted the large number of shrimps in the river and called it “Rio dos Camerões” [river of shrimps], which was the source of the nation’s name Cameroon.
Source: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 163 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1863 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 9.9 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Wouri» comes from Duala (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.