WASP-1 b

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-1.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 17 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 271 times Earth's mass.
Year
A year here lasts about 2.5 Earth days.

Planet

Radius
16.62 × Earth
Mass
271.4 × Earth
Density
0.348 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
Unknown
Starlight received
Unknown
Orbital period
2.52 days
Average distance from its star
0.03889 AU

Star

Host star
WASP-1
Spectral class
Unknown
Surface temperature
Unknown
Radius
1.47 × Sun
Mass
1.24 × Sun
Age
3.4 billion years

System

Distance from Earth
1,282 light-years (393.1 parsecs)
Stars in system
2
Known planets
1

Discovery

Year
2007
Method
Transit
Facility
SuperWASP

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.