WASP-162 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-162.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 11 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 1,653 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 637 °C (1,178 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 11.21 × Earth
- Mass
- 1,653 × Earth
- Density
- 6.9 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 910 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 9.625 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0871 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-162
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,300 K
- Radius
- 1.11 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.95 × Sun
- Age
- 12.97 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,014 light-years (310.8 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.