WASP-160 B b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-160 B.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 88 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 846 °C (1,555 °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
- 12.22 × Earth
- Mass
- 88.36 × Earth
- Density
- 0.284 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,119 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.768 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0452 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-160 B
- Spectral class
- K — orange dwarf
- Surface temperature
- 5,298 K
- Radius
- 0.868 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.87 × Sun
- Age
- 9.75 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 940.4 light-years (288.3 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.