WASP-153 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-153.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 17 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 124 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,427 °C (2,600 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 1,400 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 17.37 × Earth
- Mass
- 124 × Earth
- Density
- 0.15 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,700 K
- Starlight received
- 1,400 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 3.333 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.048 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-153
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,914 K
- Radius
- 1.73 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.336 × Sun
- Age
- 4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,990 light-years (610.2 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2017
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.