WASP-118 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-118.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 163 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,456 °C (2,653 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 16.14 × Earth
- Mass
- 163.4 × Earth
- Density
- 0.233 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,729 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.046 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.05453 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-118
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,410 K
- Radius
- 1.696 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.32 × Sun
- Age
- 1.17 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,228 light-years (376.7 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.