WASP-159 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-159.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 175 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,577 °C (2,870 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.8 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 15.47 × Earth
- Mass
- 174.8 × Earth
- Density
- 0.28 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,850 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.84 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0538 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-159
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,120 K
- Radius
- 2.11 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.41 × Sun
- Age
- 3.4 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,333 light-years (715.4 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.