WASP-142 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-142.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 17 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 267 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,727 °C (3,140 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.1 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 17.15 × Earth
- Mass
- 267 × Earth
- Density
- 0.31 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 2,000 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 2.053 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0347 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-142
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,010 K
- Radius
- 1.64 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.33 × Sun
- Age
- 2 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,384 light-years (730.9 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.