WASP-147 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-147.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 87 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,131 °C (2,068 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.5 × Earth
- Mass
- 87.4 × Earth
- Density
- 0.263 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,404 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.603 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0549 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-147
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,702 K
- Radius
- 1.429 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.044 × Sun
- Age
- 8.47 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,422 light-years (436.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2018
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP-South
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.