WASP-10 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-10.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,001 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,097 °C (2,006 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.1 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.11 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,001 × Earth
- Density
- 4.14 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,370 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.093 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.03781 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-10
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,675 K
- Radius
- 0.698 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.75 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 459.9 light-years (141 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.