WASP-62, formally named Naledi, is a single star about 573 light-years (176 parsecs) away.
It is an F class main-sequence star, orbited by a planet, WASP-62b.
In December 2019, WASP-62 was named Naledi and its planet was named Krotoa by amateur astronomers from South Africa as part of the second NameExoWorlds campaign.
[5][6] A transiting hot Jupiter exoplanet orbiting WASP-62 was discovered by WASP in 2012.
[7] The planet's equilibrium temperature is 1440±30 K, but the measured average temperature is colder at 1329.6±44.8 K.[8] In 2020, a transmission spectrum indicated the atmosphere of WASP-62b is free of clouds.