WASP-119 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-119.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 391 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,327 °C (2,420 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.69 × Earth
- Mass
- 390.9 × Earth
- Density
- 0.7 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,600 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.5 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0363 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-119
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,650 K
- Radius
- 1.2 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.02 × Sun
- Age
- 8 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 986.5 light-years (302.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP-South
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.