WASP-188 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-188.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 459 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 1,393 °C (2,539 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 1,278 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 5.7 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.82 × Earth
- Mass
- 458.6 × Earth
- Density
- 0.78 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,666 K
- Starlight received
- 1,278 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 5.749 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.072 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-188
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,850 K
- Radius
- 1.83 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.5 × Sun
- Age
- Unknown
System
- Distance from Earth
- 2,202 light-years (675.3 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 1
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2025
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- SuperWASP
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.