WASP-105 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-105.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 11 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 572 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 627 °C (1,160 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 7.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 10.76 × Earth
- Mass
- 572.1 × Earth
- Density
- 2.65 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 900 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 7.873 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.075 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-105
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,070 K
- Radius
- 0.9 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.89 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 552.1 light-years (169.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP-South
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.