WASP-12 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-12.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 22 times Earth's width.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.1 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 22.03 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- Unknown
- Equilibrium temperature
- Unknown
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.091 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0234 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-12
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,265 K
- Radius
- 1.69 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.325 × Sun
- Age
- 3.05 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,393 light-years (427.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 3
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2008
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.