WASP-163 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-163.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 594 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,365 °C (2,489 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 1,200 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 1.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.47 × Earth
- Mass
- 594.3 × Earth
- Density
- 1.42 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,638 K
- Starlight received
- 1,200 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 1.61 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0266 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-163
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,500 K
- Radius
- 1.015 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.97 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 852.5 light-years (261.4 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.