WASP-170 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-170.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 12 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 509 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,149 °C (2,100 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 680 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 2.3 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 12.29 × Earth
- Mass
- 508.5 × Earth
- Density
- 1.6 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,422 K
- Starlight received
- 680 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 2.345 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0337 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-170
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,600 K
- Radius
- 0.938 × Sun
- Mass
- 0.93 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 996.7 light-years (305.6 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.