WASP-132 c

A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-132.

Compared with Earth

Size
About 1.8 times Earth's width.
Mass
About 6.3 times Earth's mass.
Temperature
About 1,056 °C (1,933 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
Starlight
About 791 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
Year
A year here lasts about 1 Earth day.

Planet

Radius
1.841 × Earth
Mass
6.26 × Earth
Density
5.47 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature
1,329 K
Starlight received
791 × Earth
Orbital period
1.012 days
Average distance from its star
0.01833 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
2022
Method
Transit
Facility
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.