WASP-132 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-132.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 10 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 136 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 409 °C (768 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 59 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 7.1 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 10.1 × Earth
- Mass
- 136 × Earth
- Density
- 0.73 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 682 K
- Starlight received
- 58.5 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 7.134 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0674 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-132
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,686 K
- Radius
- 0.758 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.789 × Sun
- Age
- 7.2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 400.9 light-years (122.9 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 3
Discovery
- Year
- 2016
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP-South
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.