WASP-181 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-181.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 13 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 95 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 913 °C (1,675 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 4.5 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 13.27 × Earth
- Mass
- 95.03 × Earth
- Density
- 0.237 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,186 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 4.52 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.05427 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-181
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,839 K
- Radius
- 0.965 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.04 × Sun
- Age
- 2.5 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,427 light-years (437.5 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2019
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.