WASP-10 is a star in the constellation Pegasus. The SuperWASP project has observed and classified this star as a variable star, perhaps due to the eclipsing planet.[2]
The star is likely older than Sun, has fraction of heavy elements close to solar abundance, and is rotating rapidly, being spun up by the tides raised by the giant planet on the close orbit.[3]
^Knutson, Heather A.; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Montet, Benjamin T.; Kao, Melodie; Ngo, Henry; Howard, Andrew W.; Crepp, Justin R.; Hinkley, Sasha; Bakos, Gaspar Á.; Batygin, Konstantin; Johnson, John Asher; Morton, Timothy D.; Muirhead, Philip S. (2014). "Friends of Hot Jupiters. I. A Radial Velocity Search for Massive, Long-Period Companions to Close-In Gas Giant Planets". The Astrophysical Journal. 785 (2): 126. arXiv:1312.2954. Bibcode:2014ApJ...785..126K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/126. S2CID42687848.
External links
"WASP-10". Exoplanets. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-05-06.