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WASP-32
Star in the constellation Pisces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WASP-32, also named Parumleo, is an F-type main-sequence star about 913 light-years away in the constellation of Pisces.
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Nomenclature
The designation WASP-32 comes from the Wide Angle Search for Planets.
This was one of the systems selected to be named in the 2019 NameExoWorlds campaign during the 100th anniversary of the IAU, which assigned each country a star and planet to be named. This system was assigned to Singapore. The star was given the formal name Parumleo in January 2020, Latin for small lion and referencing the national animal of Singapore, and the planet was named Viculus, Latin for little village.[7][8]
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Stellar characteristics
The WASP-32 star is relatively depleted of lithium, which is common for massive stars hosting hot Jupiter planets.[4]
Planetary system
The hot Jupiter class planet WASP-32b, later named Viculus, was discovered around WASP-32 in 2010.[4] It was found to orbit the parent star in a prograde direction in 2014.[9]
A follow-up study utilizing transit-timing variation analysis failed to find any such variation, so there is no evidence of other massive planets around WASP-32 as of 2015.[10]
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