WASP-120 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-120.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 16 times Earth's width.
- Temperature
- About 1,476 °C (2,689 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.58 × Earth
- Mass
- Unknown
- Density
- 2.334 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,749 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- Unknown
- Average distance from its star
- Unknown
Star
- Host star
- WASP-120
- Spectral class
- Unknown
- Surface temperature
- Unknown
- Radius
- Unknown
- Mass
- Unknown
- Age
- 0.7 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,243 light-years (381.2 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.