WASP-193 b
A confirmed exoplanet orbiting WASP-193.
Compared with Earth
- Size
- About 15 times Earth's width.
- Mass
- About 36 times Earth's mass.
- Temperature
- About 977 °C (1,790 °F) from starlight alone, against -18 °C (-1 °F) for Earth measured the same way.
- Starlight
- About 402 times the starlight Earth gets from the Sun.
- Year
- A year here lasts about 6.2 Earth days.
Planet
- Radius
- 14.78 × Earth
- Mass
- 35.6 × Earth
- Density
- 0.06 g/cm³
- Equilibrium temperature
- 1,250 K
- Starlight received
- 402 × Earth
- Orbital period
- 6.246 days
- Average distance from its star
- 0.0668 AU
Star
- Host star
- WASP-193
- Spectral class
- F — yellow-white
- Surface temperature
- 6,080 K
- Radius
- 1.213 × Sun
- Mass
- 1.018 × Sun
- Age
- 6.8 billion years
System
- Distance from Earth
- 1,181 light-years (362.1 parsecs)
- Stars in system
- 2
- Known planets
- 1
Discovery
- Year
- 2023
- Method
- Transit
- Facility
- WASP-South
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, synced October 14, 2026.