WASP-161 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-161.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 791 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,284 °C (2,343 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 990 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.81 × Earth
- Mass
- 791.4 × Earth
- Density
- 2.2 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,557 K
- Starlight received
- 990 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 5.406 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0673 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-161
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,400 K
- Radius
- 1.712 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.39 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,119 light-years (343.1 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.