WASP-116 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-116.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 203 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,141 °C (2,086 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 663 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.67 × Earth
- Mass
- 203.4 × Earth
- Density
- 0.43 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,414 K
- Starlight received
- 663 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 6.613 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.065 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-116
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,250 K
- Radius
- 1.426 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.25 × Sun
- Age
- 1.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,824 light-years (559.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2025
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.