WASP-130 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-130.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 10 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 391 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 560 °C (1,040 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 12 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 9.976 × Earth
- Mass
- 390.9 × Earth
- Density
- 2.34 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 833 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 11.55 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.1012 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-130
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,625 K
- Radius
- 0.96 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.04 × Sun
- Age
- 2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 561.8 light-years (172.3 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.