WASP-185 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-185.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 14 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 311 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 887 °C (1,628 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 9.4 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.01 × Earth
- Mass
- 311.5 × Earth
- Density
- 0.66 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,160 K
- Starlight received
- Unknown
- Orbital period
- 9.388 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0904 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-185
- Spectral class
- G — sun-like
- Surface temperature
- 5,900 K
- Radius
- 1.5 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.12 × Sun
- Age
- 6.6 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 911.1 light-years (279.4 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.