WASP-145 A b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-145 A.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 10 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 283 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 927 °C (1,700 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 10.09 × Earth
- Mass
- 282.9 × Earth
- Density
- 1.6 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,200 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 1.769 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0261 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-145 A
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 4,900 K
- Radius
- 0.68 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.76 × Sun
- Age
- 6.99 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 297.8 light-years (91.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP-South
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.