WASP-124 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-124.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 191 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,127 °C (2,060 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.9 × Earth
- Mass
- 190.7 × Earth
- Density
- 0.43 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,400 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.373 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0449 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-124
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,050 K
- Radius
- 1.02 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.07 × Sun
- Age
- 2.1 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,463 light-years (448.6 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.