WASP-176 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-176.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 17 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 272 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,448 °C (2,638 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 3.9 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 16.87 × Earth
- Mass
- 271.7 × Earth
- Density
- 0.31 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,721 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 3.899 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0535 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-176
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,941 K
- Radius
- 1.925 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.345 × Sun
- Age
- 4.81 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,854 light-years (568.4 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2020
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP-North
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.