WASP-2 [SEP] constellation
WASP-2
WASP-2 is a magnitude 12 orange dwarf star located about 500 light-years away in the Delphinus constellation.
Planetary system.
This star has one extrasolar planet WASP-2b, detected by the SuperWASP project in 2006.
Binary star.
In 2008 a study was undertaken of fourteen stars with exoplanets that were originally discovered using the transit method through relatively small telescopes. These systems were re-examined with the reflector telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain. This star system, along with two others, was
Midway.
- Enterprise Air Group Established 1 July 1938 to fly from USS Enterprise (CV-6), disestablished 1 Sep 1942 after USS Enterprise was damaged during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and entered Pearl Harbor naval shipyard for repairs.
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