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WASP-46 is a G-type main-sequence star about 1,210 light-years (370 parsecs) away. The star is older than the Sun and is strongly depleted in heavy elements compared to the Sun, having just 45% of the solar abundance. Despite its advanced age, the star is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by a giant planet on a close orbit.

The star displays an excess ultraviolet emission associated with starspot activity, and is suspected to be surrounded by a dust and debris disk.

Planetary system

In 2011 a transiting hot superjovian planet, WASP-46b, was detected. The planet's equilibrium temperature is 1636±44 K. The dayside temperature measured in 2014 is much higher at 2386 K, indicating a very poor heat redistribution across the planet. A re-measurement of the dayside planetary temperature in 2020 resulted in a lower value of 1870
₋₁₂₀ K.

In 2017, a search for transit-timing variations of WASP-46b yielded zero results, thus ruling out existence of additional gas giants in the system. The orbital decay of WASP-46b was also not detected.

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Stars	Bayer α (the Persian) β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ κ μ ο π ρ Variable T HR 8269 8331 Other ASASSN-V J213939.3-702817.4 LHS 3844 WASP-46 WASP-88
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Galaxy clusters Abell 3742 SPT-CL J2106-5844
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