WASP-169 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-169.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 178 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,331 °C (2,428 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.6 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.62 × Earth
- Mass
- 178.3 × Earth
- Density
- 0.33 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,604 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 5.611 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0681 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-169
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,110 K
- Radius
- 2.011 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.337 × Sun
- Age
- 3.802 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,045 light-years (627.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2019
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- WASP-South
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.