WASP-168 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-168.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 17 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 133 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,067 °C (1,952 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 16.81 × Earth
- Mass
- 133.5 × Earth
- Density
- 0.16 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,340 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.154 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0519 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-168
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,000 K
- Radius
- 1.12 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.08 × Sun
- Age
- 3.96 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 991.3 light-years (303.9 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.